The public library needs to create an environment that will sustain its strengths and redirect and grow its resources in response to changing information needs and increasing expectations the plan process for strategic directions. It also tries to fulfill its mission and vision of universal access to universe of ideas.

Public Libraries contribute to the success of our growing diverse community; serving its information, learning, leisure and cultural needs in a welcoming and safe environment. Public Libraries offer a world of discovery for the young child learning to read, the student researching a class project, or the senior being introduced to a new hobby. With an extensive schedule of original programming for children, teenagers and adults, there is an opportunity to learn and grow every day.

Knowledge transfer is of great significance to the library, the construction of knowledge sources is a prerequisite. The academic Library has the responsibility of service teaching, research, and also to shoulder the responsibilities of service to the community. With the introduction and application of advanced equipment and technology there has emerged the Digital Library a digital information system, which integrates computers, networks, communications, information processing and other new technologies and new means will be dispersed in various carriers, different locations of information resources to digitally store, distributed information management to achieve the world’s information and resource sharing. The recent development has resulted in virtual collection to represent the direction of the Library; it has the characteristics of virtual, shared, dynamic, diversity, dependence.

With the rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the society the growth in the availability, accessibility and sharing of information and quality of the information has taken major place allowing relatively easy process than ever before. Information and communication technology plays a crucial role in organization of knowledge, both in order to enable sharing, collaboration, categorizing, and dissemination and storing of knowledge which can later be retrieved and accessible as meaningful across different contexts (Mathew 2009).

Authors

Shri. Vijayakumar Mulimani                                        

Librarian, SangameshwarCollege, Solapur

Shri. Mallikarjun Mulimani

Librarian,Govt.FirstGradeCollege, Gadag

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The paper throws light with the introduction to the GSDL software, its journey through its inception, definition, and objective. Also the paper gives an overview of content, structure and implementation and the various steps involved in the installation of the software. Also the paper highlights some salient features and the uniqueness of the software. Finally some examples of the software are also listed.

Presently we are living in an age of knowledge and Information explosion, and as such its impact on Library and Information Centres is extensive. With the growing number of Electronic resources it has become obligatory for the Information professionals to change their role in disseminating information to their users. Library and Information centres are using modern ICTs for managing and disseminating information.

Author

Shri. Umesh Kumar .y
Senior Librarian
Hasanath College For Women
Dickenson Road, BANGALORE – 42

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Education and library services are the two faces of a same coin. Academic libraries are considered to be the nerve centres of academic institutions, and must support, teaching, research and other academic programmes.

Education aims to impart knowledge and makes good citizens. Libraries are the repositories of knowledge and form an integral part of education (Mahajan, 2005). Thus, Education and library services are the two faces of a same coin. Academic libraries are considered to be the nerve centres of academic institutions, and must support, teaching, research and other academic programmes.

Libraries have a long history, starting with the chained and closed access libraries of earlier times to the present day hybrid, digital and virtual libraries that use the latest technology for provision of information through various services. Accordingly, the role of librarians has also changed from storekeepers who were concerned with protection of books against theft, mutilation and pilferage, to that of information officers, navigators, and cybrarians who find themselves in the vast ocean of reading material and are busy in satisfying their clients who want any time and any where information.

Authors

Shri. B.S. Malwad
Librarian
KLE Society’s S.K. Arts College,
HSK Science Institute
HUBLI – 580 031, Karnataka, INDIA

Dr. Gururaj S. Hadagali
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Library and Information Science
Karnatak University, Dharwad – 580 003
Karnataka, INDIA

Shri. Suresh Ballutagi
Assistant Librarian
DA-IICT, Gandhinagar
GUJARAT

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Citation and ranking information are becoming key aspects of information management in academic and research institutions. By examining changing user needs and products, this paper aims to encourage information professionals to better understand and manage these resources and better respond to user needs. This paper presents a case study comparing citations features of three popular citation analysis tools i.e. Scopus, Google Scholar and Web of Science. In addition, the paper presents a brief overview on purpose, importance & type of citation analysis.

Citation counts provide researchers and administrators with a reliable and efficient indicator for assessing the research performance of authors, projects, programs, institutions, and countries and the relative impact and quality of their work. The use of citation counts for evaluating research is based on the assumption that citations are a way of giving credit to and recognizing the value, quality, and significance of an author’s^‘.

Shri. Rajashekara G.R.
Librarian, Govt. First Grade College, Old town                                                                                                                                                Bhadravathi-577 301, Karnataka, India

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Abstract

The paper attempts to explore the impact of electronic media on reading habits of one hundred twenty five faculty members of BLDE college of engineering, Bijapur and highlights the use of different type of electronic media. It is observed that there is no association between sex and type of electronic media used. It also finds that the faculty members use e-resources mainly for promoting reading habits (41.6%), enhancing the general knowledge (30.4%), analyzing research project (63.2%) and analyzing the research data (55.2%) presentations and project works. Further it is found that electronic resources have made the great impact on reading habits of faculty members (74.40%). It has been suggested that Library staff must adopt modem library organizational framework for maintenance and preservation of the electronic documents.

The paper attempts to explore the impact of electronic media on reading habits of one hundred twenty five faculty members of BLDE college of engineering, Bijapur and highlights the use of different type of electronic media. It is observed that there is no association between sex and type of electronic media used. It also finds that the faculty members use e-resources mainly for promoting reading habits (41.6%), enhancing the general knowledge (30.4%), analyzing research project (63.2%) and analyzing the research data (55.2%) presentations and project works. Further it is found that electronic resources have made the great impact on reading habits of faculty members (74.40%). It has been suggested that Library staff must adopt modem library organizational framework for maintenance and preservation of the electronic documents.

Authors

1. Dr. Gavisiddappa, Anandhalli
Asst. professor, Dept. of Lib. and Information Science,                                                                                                                              Karnataka State Women’sUniversity, Bijapur, Karnataka- 586109
2.Shri. Suresh Patil                                                                                                                                                                                              Librarian, BLDE College of Engineering and Technology,                                                                                                                      Bijapur

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Authors

Siddayya Ankalagi                                           Dr. Dakulage Mehtab

Librarian,                                                                   Prof. & Librarian,

BVB College, Bidar                                                  National College, Gulbarga

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The Paper Presents “Services Provided by K S Hegde Medical College Library” A Survey conducted to collect information concerning various elements and aspects of libraries and librarianship. The range of the opinions will depend not only the information wanted but or the state of knowledge in a given field. From such survey’s, levels and kinds of users needs can be identified, and trends in research and changes in interests can be determined.

By conducting such user surveys, it can be found out that whether or not clientele are satisfied with the resources, and services being provided to them by the library.

Author

Mr. Shivanand Bulla

Chief Librarian
Dr. A VBaligaCollege of Commerce, BBA and M.Com

Increasing support in promoting the Library automation and networking by UGC has given a new direction and dimension to the growth and development of university libraries as vibrating knowledge centers. UGC – INFONET has changed the very outlook of the usage of electronic journals by the academic and research community in the Universities.Though there are illustrative writings in appreciation of the usage pattern, the real situation is the lack of awareness of the technical competence among the users in exploiting the available resources in their respective libraries. This paper is a humble investigation to analyse the usage pattern of e-resources in the selected three universities in KarnatakaState

Author

Mr. Mallikarjun N.Mulimani
Librarian
Government First Grade College
Gadag – 582 101

The paper presents bibliometric analysis of literature on ‘Meteorology’ from 2006 to 2009 as available in the database ISI Web of Science . A total of 1651 articles were collected related to the subject meteorology for the study. Data was analyzed with respect to authorship pattern; chronological distribution; geographical distribution; institutional contribution and channels of communication. The results shows that the highest number of articles were contributed by multiple authors, which is 844 articles i.e. 51.14% of the total articles, the highest number of articles were published during the year 2009 i.e. 461 which constitute 27.92% of the total articles, United States of America has the largest number of publications contributing 626 articles i.e. 37.91% of the total articles.

Among the institutions, NASA ranks first with 61 articles i.e. 17.13% of the total article contributions. The journal ‘Annals Geophysiche’ ranks first with 251 articles i.e. 15.20% and English is the major language of publication with 1618 articles constituting 98% of the total articles. The average collaborative coefficient (C C) is 0.604 and the degree of collaboration(DC) is observed to be 0.890.

Authors

Dr.C.Krishnamurthy
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Lib & Info. Science
Kamatak University, Dharwad-3

Sri. Mrutyunjaya Kotur
Librarian
Govt First Grade College
Saundatti. 591126

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