Citation analysis of all the journal articles published in the International Journal of Digital L... more Citation analysis of all the journal articles published in the International Journal of Digital Library Services (IJODLS) from 2015-2017 is carried out. 144 articles published in the journal during 3 years. The highest numbers (55) of articles are published in the year 2015. The journal contained 1915 citations from 2015-2017. The average number of citations per article is the maximum in the year 2015. The study also covers the analyses of authorship patterns in citing articles. In the authorship pattern, Single author citations are dominant than others and it is 806(42.07%). Among the citations, Journal citations were the highest 1104(57.67%). The study also reveals that the Annals of Library and Information Studies journal is the most preferred journal used by the authors in their citation in this journal. In geographical distribution, India is at the top with 504(42.14%) no. of citations. The study also included the study of the form of documents, ranking of authors, year-wise di...
The keyword is a significant part of scholarly publications, which can play a vital role in infor... more The keyword is a significant part of scholarly publications, which can play a vital role in information retrieval and research. Author Keywords are those provided by the original authors, and Keywords Plus are those extracted from the titles of the cited references by Thomson Reuters. Keywords Plus are those created by an automatic computer algorithm; these are words or phrases that frequently appear in the titles of an article’s references and not necessarily in the article\u27s title or as Author. The Web of Science (WoS) database is used to conduct this study. While conducting this study, a total of 654 documents were found from 1992 to 2020 in Ecocriticism. Extracted data is visualized through VOSviewer. Keywords are separated into three categories- All Keywords, Author Keywords, and Keywords Plus. Calculate the value of Overlap and Redundancy This study attempts to discern and trace out the keywords in Ecocriticism research publications
A library being a service organization, its prime objective is to provide the right documents, in... more A library being a service organization, its prime objective is to provide the right documents, information and services to its users. So, libraries need continuous improvement in its quality services by application of quality management. The very existences of libraries are dependable on users’ satisfaction. Users are getting satisfied when the library is able to rise to his or her expectations or meet the actual needs. A quality service is said to be one, which is able to satisfy the users’ expectations resulting into a good experience. Hence, the present study is undertaken to identify the factors capable of influencing the library users level of satisfaction as well as attempted to measure the satisfaction level of the library users of IIM, Lucknow.
In this paper citation analysis is done with 2654 citations appended at the end of the doctoral t... more In this paper citation analysis is done with 2654 citations appended at the end of the doctoral thesis in the department of Life Sciences, Assam University during the period 2001-2007. Citation analysis and content analysis are the statistical methods applied to citations to evaluate different parameters. It is observed that journals are the most popular information source in the field of Life sciences than other document types. Journals contribute 82.37% citations with 2186. The most of the journals published from U.S.A. It is also identified that S. K. is the most productive author. The present study helps the librarians to collect and organize information according to the requirement of the user.
In today"s fast growing digital environment it has become imperative for the library and inf... more In today"s fast growing digital environment it has become imperative for the library and information centres to implement ICT for effective management of library operations and providing user centric library services to meet the expectations of the new generation tech-savvy library users. The paper presents the results of a survey carried out in order to know the availability of ICT infrastructure facilities and application of modern technologies in selected college libraries of Cachar district, Assam. Primarily, questionnaire has been used as a data collection tool along with observations and informal interviews. The findings of the study reveal that most the surveyed college libraries are presently in developing stage in terms of ICT implementation. It has been found that financial constraints and lack of ICT skilled staffs are the main hurdles which are impeding the proper implementation of ICT in the college libraries under the study.
Due to rapid growth of scholarly information, need of federated searching arises. The article des... more Due to rapid growth of scholarly information, need of federated searching arises. The article describes the concept of federated search and different federated search engines, features of the search engines and search strategies of some of the federated search engines. It also highlights the advantages of federated search along with its drawbacks. Various technologies used for federated searching have been also discussed. This paper also tries to give the difference between popular search engines and federated search engines.
Citation analysis of all the journal articles published in the International Journal of Digital L... more Citation analysis of all the journal articles published in the International Journal of Digital Library Services (IJODLS) from 2015-2017 is carried out. 144 articles published in the journal during 3 years. The highest numbers (55) of articles are published in the year 2015. The journal contained 1915 citations from 2015-2017. The average number of citations per article is the maximum in the year 2015. The study also covers the analyses of authorship patterns in citing articles. In the authorship pattern, Single author citations are dominant than others and it is 806(42.07%). Among the citations, Journal citations were the highest 1104(57.67%). The study also reveals that the Annals of Library and Information Studies journal is the most preferred journal used by the authors in their citation in this journal. In geographical distribution, India is at the top with 504(42.14%) no. of citations. The study also included the study of the form of documents, ranking of authors, year-wise di...
The keyword is a significant part of scholarly publications, which can play a vital role in infor... more The keyword is a significant part of scholarly publications, which can play a vital role in information retrieval and research. Author Keywords are those provided by the original authors, and Keywords Plus are those extracted from the titles of the cited references by Thomson Reuters. Keywords Plus are those created by an automatic computer algorithm; these are words or phrases that frequently appear in the titles of an article’s references and not necessarily in the article\u27s title or as Author. The Web of Science (WoS) database is used to conduct this study. While conducting this study, a total of 654 documents were found from 1992 to 2020 in Ecocriticism. Extracted data is visualized through VOSviewer. Keywords are separated into three categories- All Keywords, Author Keywords, and Keywords Plus. Calculate the value of Overlap and Redundancy This study attempts to discern and trace out the keywords in Ecocriticism research publications
A library being a service organization, its prime objective is to provide the right documents, in... more A library being a service organization, its prime objective is to provide the right documents, information and services to its users. So, libraries need continuous improvement in its quality services by application of quality management. The very existences of libraries are dependable on users’ satisfaction. Users are getting satisfied when the library is able to rise to his or her expectations or meet the actual needs. A quality service is said to be one, which is able to satisfy the users’ expectations resulting into a good experience. Hence, the present study is undertaken to identify the factors capable of influencing the library users level of satisfaction as well as attempted to measure the satisfaction level of the library users of IIM, Lucknow.
In this paper citation analysis is done with 2654 citations appended at the end of the doctoral t... more In this paper citation analysis is done with 2654 citations appended at the end of the doctoral thesis in the department of Life Sciences, Assam University during the period 2001-2007. Citation analysis and content analysis are the statistical methods applied to citations to evaluate different parameters. It is observed that journals are the most popular information source in the field of Life sciences than other document types. Journals contribute 82.37% citations with 2186. The most of the journals published from U.S.A. It is also identified that S. K. is the most productive author. The present study helps the librarians to collect and organize information according to the requirement of the user.
In today"s fast growing digital environment it has become imperative for the library and inf... more In today"s fast growing digital environment it has become imperative for the library and information centres to implement ICT for effective management of library operations and providing user centric library services to meet the expectations of the new generation tech-savvy library users. The paper presents the results of a survey carried out in order to know the availability of ICT infrastructure facilities and application of modern technologies in selected college libraries of Cachar district, Assam. Primarily, questionnaire has been used as a data collection tool along with observations and informal interviews. The findings of the study reveal that most the surveyed college libraries are presently in developing stage in terms of ICT implementation. It has been found that financial constraints and lack of ICT skilled staffs are the main hurdles which are impeding the proper implementation of ICT in the college libraries under the study.
Due to rapid growth of scholarly information, need of federated searching arises. The article des... more Due to rapid growth of scholarly information, need of federated searching arises. The article describes the concept of federated search and different federated search engines, features of the search engines and search strategies of some of the federated search engines. It also highlights the advantages of federated search along with its drawbacks. Various technologies used for federated searching have been also discussed. This paper also tries to give the difference between popular search engines and federated search engines.
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