Usage Pattern of Institutional Repositories for Scholarly Communication by Academician in Maharashtra

This paper discuss the awareness and use of institutional repositories by the academicians of the selected institutions in Maharashtra based on the questionnaire response received from 584 academicians and it comprises a total response rate of 12.67% of the total population of 4611. Outcomes of the study show that majority of the users are from Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Pure Science discipline prefer to publish their research in open access journals and self-archive in institutional repositories. Also found that majority of the users prefer to use Journal articles,Research papers, Theses and Dissertation and conference proceedings and a considerable percentage of users with mean value 3.88 and standard deviation 1.953 were not self-archiving in IR due to lack of knowledge about the submission process . The study recommends promotion of self-archiving by conducting seminars, workshops, and tutorials for the academicians

BIBLIOMETRIC DIMENSION OF INNOVATION COMMUNICATION PRODUCTIVITY OF TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

ABSTRACT Bibliometric analysis of 663 papers published by the social scientists of Tata Institute of Social Sciences during 1990-2000 in diverse domains in the social sciences were analysed for authorship pattern and collaboration. The results indicate that the collaboration co-efficient of the 613 single-authored papers is 92.46 percent, followed by 6.33 percent (42 papers) two authored papers. Maximum collaboration coefficient (0.13) was found during 1996-1997

Access to e-resources at TISS : a case study

UGC is modernizing the University Campuses with State-of-the-art campus wide networks and setting up its own nationwide communication network named UGC-Infonet. This paper discusses the facilities made available in TISS under the UGC-Infonet programme. Also, in-house databases developed using Winisis software has been explained. Phase-wise implementation of TISS Digital Library, its present status and application have been elaborated

Information resources management of T.I.S.S library

Gives step-by-step information resource development, including hardware and software in T.I.S.S. Library. With the changing concept of document and user’s demand, library needs to create indigenous databases and explore external online databases. An attempt has been made to explain information management using IT applications and application software such as CDS/ISIS as well as SLIM ++ (system for library and information management Software). It also highlights the digitization of Library and the future plan of establishing National Centre for Social Science Information.

Digital libraries : an overview

During the past recent years, there has been tremendous development reaming the concept of digital libraries-a knowledge base that can be stored and retrieved through on-line networks. Digital libraries are the most complex form of information systems that support digital document preservation, distributed database management, hypertext, filtering, information retrieval and selective dissemination of information. This has really overcome geographical barrier offering wide range of academic, research and cultural resources with multimedia effects which can be accessed around the world over the distributed networks. The paper examines the concept of Digital library, the technology that has enabled its emergence & architecture of digital library system. It also highlights the digital library projects undertaken in USA, UK and India. Here the authors explored the unique feature of digital library and possible challenges ahead for library and information professionals in the digital environment

Bibliometric dimension of innovation communication productivity of Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Bibliometric analysis of 663 papers published by the social scientists of Tata Institute of Social Sciences during 1990-2000 in diverse domains: Criminology and Correctional Administration, Extra Mural Studies, Family and Child Welfare, Health Service Studies, Medical and Psychiatric Social work, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, Research Methodology, Social Welfare Administration, and Urban and Rural Community Development, and Research Units: Social Work Education and Practice Cell, Audi-Visual Unit, Unit for Labour Studies, National Service Scheme, Publication Unit, Unit for Rural Studies, Unit for Research in the Sociology of Education, Students Service Cell, Unit for Child and Youth Research , Unit for Family Studies, Unit for Media and Communication, Unit for Research and Consultancy in Social Policy, Unit for Urban Studies, Unit for Social Policy and Social Welfare Administration, and Unit for Women Studies were analysed for authorship pattern, collaboration co-efficient 92.46 percent (613 papers) of papers were single authored followed by 6.33 percent (42 papers) two authored papers. Maximum collaboration coefficient (0.13) was found during 1996-1997. Most prolific authors were: Murli Desai, Sarthy Acharya, Lakshmi Lingam, I.U.B. Reddy, Kailash, Shalini Bharat, and Chhaya Datar. The core journals that publishes Tata Institute of Social Sciences scientists’ papers were: Indian Journal of Social Work (98), Economic and Political Weekly (26), Perspective of Social Work (7), and All India Institute of Local Self Government (5). Most prolific keywords were: Social Work (9), People-Centred development (8), Social work profession (8), Child labour (6), India (6), Sociology-South-Asia (6), and Non-Governmental Organisations (5)

Print media vs internet media

The Information Technology has revolutionised the communication media with the emergence of Internet. This paper describes the pace of change in print media to On-line journalism. The process has began with On-line journalism utilising Internet wherein websites are replacing the print media. Most of the On-line newspapers are free, interactive and archival in nature and it provides users to search the information on newspapers through various access points i.e. by contributors, title, and date. It lists out comprehensively various newspapers available on the net emphasising in Indian context alongwith popular search engines with possible danger involved in sustainability of on-line newspapers in future. Further, authors make an attempt to provide a comparison of print newspapers vs On-line newspapers with respect to its usefulness and accessibility of users of TISS Library

Library home page design & development : TISS library case study

Emergence of web technology has condensed the diversified and distributed world in a compact form creating the concept of global village bridging the information availability at a glance. As a result, hosting a home page especially the libraries has been on the cards and need of the hours to keep pace with time. The authors emphasising the need of library home page elaborates the techniques of designing and developing a library home page. It also strives to answer the structure of web page as to its contents, announcement and maintenance of home page

Harnessing information technology for social scientists

The recent great strides in technology presents tremendous opportunities for human development, but achieving that potential depends on how technology is being used. The fusion of computing and communications, especially through Internet, has broken the bounds of cost, time and distances, launching an era of global information networking that led to exponential growth of literature in all fields and social work is no exception to it. The Internet emerged as a formidable social and cultural institution of global proportions facilitating social scientists and social workers to access wealth of information on the web to support their academic and field activities. This paper spreads a light on the fast emerging new area of cyber social work and various electronic information sources and information technology tools in the field of social sciences with more specific to social work

Design and development of digital library : an initiative of TISS

Digital Libraries are the systems providing users the organised information access to repository of information and services at knowledge base. Ultimately, it is the demand for high quality content and ease of access and use that will drive the initiation and development of digital libraries. The major objectives and principles of digital library have been narrated with applied knowledge system at TISS library. The functional components of the Digital Library have been presented as a model for the information services of the library. The digitisation activities and procedures are also discussed here