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

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)

Knowledge organisation systems : TISS case study

The modest objective of the paper is to present an overview as seen from the inside of the daily practice in social sciences documentation and communication networks in India and around the world. An effort has also been made to carry out a detailed study in depicting the impact of information technology on information acquisition and retrieval which has been increasing in recent past. The study results on the awareness and development of changing environments and adoption of information technology tools to libraries. The authors’ approach is for knowledge management through application of technology and resources as the mechanics was including databases, hypertext linkages, full text search and networking technology. Social science information network in India is the central theme of the paper. Social Science databases today, however ancient the fields origins, the practical creations of databases are from three-four decades. Social science fields are highly tangible and objective with the tacit knowledge of imperative reconstruction of world arts and humanities. The realms of knowledge due to increasing specialisation of multi disciplinary nature of social science database framework has also been presented in the pape

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

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

Interpersonal skills for effective library management

This paper intends to reveal various facets of interpersonal skills and also the importance of public relations skills, including librarian's own skills, that helps the users to cultivate interpersonal skills as a positive reference service. Surveys of professional librarians show a high need for the skills for professional competencies, management, networking and teamwork. The perceived need for skills in these areas may reflect the increasing interdependence of library workers and reliance on teamwork. In addition to this, the core communication skills recognised for effectiveness in a library setting include, professional knowledge, non-verbal communication, negotiating, competence in presenting and explaining information, and basic listening skills

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

Nobel Laureate Anthony J Leggett: A scientometric portrait

This paper attempts to analyse the publication productivity of Anthony J. Leggett, the 2003 Nobel Prize winner in physics. His contributions peaked in 1987, 1994, and 1998 with 10 papers each. He had 194 publications during 1964 - 2004 in domains like Superfluid 3He (65), Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (36), Dissipative Quantum Systems (24), Atomic Alkali Gases (18), and Miscellaneous (51)which were analysed for authorship pattern with his 70 collaborators. Most active collaborators with Anthony J Leggett were: A. Garg with six papers and A. O. MCaldeira, D. M. Ginsberg, D. J. Vanharlingen , F. Sols, S.Takagi and D. A. Wollman with five papers each. His productivity coefficient was 0.60 which clearly indicates that his productivity increased after 50 percentile age. The highest degree of collaboration (1) for Anthony J. Leggett was found during 1964, 1971 and 1983. Journals have been the most preferred channel of communication, where as many as 139 papers out of 194 have been published. The core journals publishing his papers were: Phys. Rev. Leu. (42), Phys. Rev. B (9), J. Low Temp. Phys. (8),Phys. Rev. A (7), Ann. Phys. (6), Foundations of physics (6), J. Phys.(5), Prog. Theor: Phys. (5), and Rev. Mod. Phys. (5).Publication density was 3.02 and publication concentration was 3.59