Eighth National Conference of Institute of Scientometrics on “Scholarly Communication and Scientometrics”

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Introduction to.... How to run an open licensing workshop?

The purpose of this paper is to provide brief guidelines on delivering a workshop to support the agreement and adoption of Open Access approaches, and particularly the use of Creative Commons, for licensing digital content. It is based on our experience in conducting a similar workshop, jointly organized by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) held over two days in Mumbai between March 12 and 13, 2015

Internet of Things and libraries

Internet has taken a giant leap forward from ‘Internet of communication’ to ‘Internet of Things’, making it possible to connect objects and transfer data with or without human intervention. This is likely to revolutionize the way we live. Like other service industries, it has a huge potential in betterment of library services. An attempt has been made to explain what is ‘Internet of Things’, the technology and its growth, examples from service industries and deliberate on it’s possible impact on libraries and identify potential library areas where it can be implemented effectively

MOOCs and LIS education: A massive opportunity or challenge

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are revolutionizing the field of higher education by giving a new learningopportunity for aspiring students, faculty and universities in many subject areas including Library and Information Science(LIS). In this paper, an attempt has been made to explain the concept of MOOCs, key players in the field, courses offered inLIS and how best this new medium can be used in improving the quality of LIS education by listing out possible areas ofwork and its impact on LIS education in developing countries

Predatory Open Access Journals Publishing: What, Why and How?

The Internet has transformed scholarly publishing and made the availability of online resources possible, both in subscription and open access models. Open access, has enabled wider access to the scholarly literature, thus reducing the digital divide among the haves and have-nots. In the case of journal articles, even though its ‘Gold’ (author pays model) and ‘Green’ access models have risen to the occasion, but some publishers of journals have turned its ‘Gold’ model to their advantage to earn a profit by charging fees for publication and adopting certain unethical practices of publishing. An effort has been made here to explore what is ‘Predatory’ open access journals publishing, why this kind of publishing is flourishing and how this model works

Open access journals in library and information science: a study

199-202Open access spurred by the Internet has brought in new vistas for dissemination of scholarly content in almost all the disciplines. It has enabled agencies, publishers and individuals to distribute scholarly content online, free from licensing restrictions and cost. Like other fields, the growth of open access has also benefited the field of library and information science (LIS). In this paper an attempt has been made to assess the current status of open access journals in LIS covered in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) based on various parameters

Scholarly open access journals in Economics: a study of DOAJ

The objective of this study is to report the quantitative analysis of open access (OA) journals in economics discipline covered in DOAJ. This article reports 287 economic journals indexed in DOAJ, which reveals the growth rate of journals in economics subject plunged to 87.11% since 2013, and 78.75% journals do not levy any APCs. Further, the results indicated cent percent peer-review process followed by all journals to ensure the quality and validity of its publications. About 97.96% journals publish their content under creative commons (CC) licensing models to enable access to scholarly content for educational use. Further, the study affirms quantitative analysis of various factors such as archiving policy, platforms, indexing in citation databases, SCImago journal rankings, country and language wise trends etc

Impact of e-information literacy on information seeking behavior of university teachers

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of e-information literacy on information seeking behavior of university teachers in the state of Maharashtra. The findings of the study reveals that e-information literacy makes high impact on information seeking behavior of university teachers on the academic activities such as updating of knowledge, writing papers and books. Further, the study discloses that, teachers are able to evaluate information critically and can classify/compare the information after getting trained in the use of e-information resources. The paper concludes that e-information literacy facilitates the university teachers to make use of e-information effectively and independently

Internet of Things and libraries

186-190Internet has taken a giant leap forward from ‘Internet of communication’ to ‘Internet of Things’, making it possible to connect objects and transfer data with or without human intervention. This is likely to revolutionize the way we live. Like other service industries, it has a huge potential in betterment of library services. An attempt has been made to explain what is ‘Internet of Things’, the technology and its growth, examples from service industries and deliberate on it’s possible impact on libraries and identify potential library areas where it can be implemented effectively

Impact of e-information literacy on information seeking behavior of university teachers

176-181The study investigates the impact of e-information literacy on information seeking behavior of university teachers in the state of Maharashtra. Questionnaire method was used to collect data on information-seeking behavior of teachers. The study confirms that teachers are able to evaluate information critically and can classify/compare the information better after undergoing the e-information literacy programme. The paper concludes that e-information literacy empowers the university teachers to enhance e-information search skills effectively and independently for taking informed decisions