Bio-bibliometric Study of Prof. P Balaram contributions in the field of Bio-organic Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics

The present study uses Bio-Bibliometrics to examine the contributions made by Prof P Balaram renowned scientists in the field of Bio-organic chemistry and molecular biophysics from Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in India. It is important to study the contributions made by him to understand magnitudes and nature of contribution in a particular domain. The data was collected using Scopus database. Further the paper highlights on the contributions of P Balaram author productivity, Collaborations magnitude, Productivity of year wise distribution, collaboration coefficient, channels of communications, most used author keywords and high cited papers

Awareness and Utilization of Library Resources and Services by M. Com Students and Faculty Members in College Libraries of Udupi District: A Case Study

The present study investigates the awareness and use of information resources and services by M. Com students and faculty members in First Grade College Libraries of Udupi District of Karnataka. For this survey the sample population consisting of 160 M. Com students and 15 faculty members from three selected First Grade Colleges from Udupi District. 175 well-structured questionnaires were distributed among the users, out of which 160(91.4%) had given their response. Findings revealed that most of the users were satisfied with the available library resources and services. On the basis of finding, some suggestions have included to increase user’s satisfaction from libraries. To conclude that, library should focus on user’s orientation programs to enrich and promote the use of library resources and services

Content Analysis of Library Websites of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER’s) Institutes of India: An Evaluative study

The study undertook to examine the library websites of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Niper), which are situated in different parts of the country and identified as of national importance for pharmacy education in India. Based on previous studies, a standard checklist was prepared to know the contents and services of the websites through an online survey and observation method. To investigate the presence and absence of content that is provided by library websites in the selected websites. The study resulted that selected Nipers 7(100%) provided introductory information about the library/history and listed print/e-journal lists. 6 (86%) of the Nipers websites provided information on databases like Scopus, Drugdex, Rexys, and Scifinder. 5(71%) Nipers listed information about core collection, back/bound volumes and remote access facility. Niper Ahmedabad used CMS WordPress for their development of a library website and it has been an ideal library website among the Niper libraries. None of the Nipers provided feedback, FAQ’s, RRS feeds, or ask a librarian mechanism that collects responses and queries from the patrons. Based on over all findings, Niper Ahmedabad secured the highest rank compared to other nipers with a score of thirty four (34) out of fifty five (55). The study recommends performing such evaluation studies at regular interval will enables institutes to update their websites frequently enough to meet user expectations

A Selective Review on Use of Information Resources and Services in Academic Libraries

More than seventy online studies were reviewed to identify awareness, usage, satisfaction, and challenges of using information resources and services in academic libraries by users. The main objective of this study is to review the literature on information resources and services regarding awareness, usage, impact, challenges, satisfaction levels of users of various academic libraries. The study includes research papers published in national and international journals and other sources available on the internet. A review of various studies revealed that users use library resources and services for various purposes. Studies reveal that most users are satisfied with print resources, but they face problems while accessing online resources due to lack of skills to use these resources. Most students today rely on online resources, but a lack of training prevents them from getting the information they need. Most of the studies have suggested that the library should play an important role in providing information literacy program and user studies at regular intervals in their institutions to provide better library and information services to the users

Use of Information Communication Technology College Libraries: A Study

The concept “Information Explosion” is developed in this world. ICT (Information & Communication Technology) is playing a significant role in housekeeping activities and information retrieval in libraries. ICT consists of three terms Information, Communication & Technology. The paper highlights the use of ICT in college libraries. For collecting data, questionnaire method is adopted. The findings of the study shows that, the highest percentage of libraries (80.56%) have printer in libraries followed by photocopy machines (75%), CD/CD-ROM drive (72.22%), scanners (70.37%), and barcode scanners (54.63%). Further, 39.29% libraries have partially automated. Only 32.94% have completely automated and 15.48% college libraries have started the process of automation. In this context, the study recommends that there is need to mobilize funds for library automation by undertaking projects, convincing the management to start self-financed courses and also requesting different funding agencies to implement library automation

Research Contributions of SAARC Countries in Social Science: A Bibliometric Study

SCI mago is the Journal and Country Ranking database available freely on the internet. We have accessed the required data from 2008 to 2017 from this database and evaluated the research productivity of SAARC countries and citations in the field of social science subject. This article studied SAARC countries publications, citations, citations per document, self-citations and degree of self – citations. The study revealed that on an average 6054 articles are published during the study period. India is the only country to publish more than the average citations publications during the ten years of study. India received 78% of citations and stood 1st rank in the study, whereas Pakistan and Bangladesh got 8% and 6% citations and stood 2nd and 3rd rank. Nepal got highest 76% of citations per document and stood 1st rank among the SAARC countries in the last ten years from 2008 to 2017. Further, it is found that the degree of self-citation is 0.24, which is very lowest. Since all the SAARC countries are underdeveloped so it is suggested that the government of SAARC countries has to encourage more and more publications, then only their socio-economic level may increase. Individuals, as well as organisations, should take more interest to publish their research articles in high impact journals both at national and international level

A Study on Information Seeking Behavior of the Medical and Allied College Students in Goa State

This paper attempts to explore the information seeking behavior of medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy and homeopathic colleges in goa state. The purpose of the study is to know the awareness and use of reference sources available in the library and to know the preference of media as a source of information for their requirement. Results found that, still 95 percent respondents refer/depend upon printed books for their information needs. Only 49 percent students are happy with the internet and online resources available in their college libraries. Further researcher suggested that, the library orientation has to be conducted regularly to convert another 30 percent students to make use of their college library by giving more importance to electronic sources and services

Library Resources and Services of Engineering Colleges in Karnataka

This paper highlights the issues concerning library resources and services in the engineering college libraries in Karnataka. The study found that a majority of the colleges are managed by the private institutions. Nearly all are understaffed. Very few college libraries are functioning in a independent library buildings. Most have good collections of books, while journal collections vary. Most provide an array of library services

User Perception of Library and Information Services in Agricultural Science Universities in South India: An Evaluative Study

The paper explores library and information services in agricultural science university libraries in south India. A structured questionnaire collected user information on user perceptions. The University of Agricultural Sciences Library, Bangalore and the University of Agricultural Sciences Library, Dharwad ranked first and second in user satisfaction. A majority of the post graduate students (77.25%) and research scholars (72.04%) reported that their recommendation are not considered in procuring the information resources, but most faculty (78.12%) state that their recommendation are taken into consideration. A majority of users found the existing print collection adequate, but that electronic sources are inadequate

Bio-bibliometric Study of Prof. P Balaram contributions in the field of Bio-organic Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics

The present study uses Bio-Bibliometrics to examine the contributions made by Prof P Balaram renowned scientists in the field of Bio-organic chemistry and molecular biophysics from Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in India. It is important to study the contributions made by him to understand magnitudes and nature of contribution in a particular domain. The data was collected using Scopus database. Further the paper highlights on the contributions of P Balaram author productivity, Collaborations magnitude, Productivity of year wise distribution, collaboration coefficient, channels of communications, most used author keywords and high cited papers