This paper presents a webometric study on six search engines. The search engines namely, Bing , Google and Lycos and metasearch engines namely Ixquick, Dogpile and Webcrawler are taken together to find out the extent of overlapping, precision and relative recall among them in the field of Medical Tourism in Kerala in which web resources are the only reliable information sources due to the multidisciplinary nature of Tourism.

The present paper deals with the use of open access E-resources by the faculty and students of AECS Maaruti College of Dental science & research centre, Bangalore. The survey method was opted for study and 300 Questionnaire was distributed among faculty and Students, 88.33% were received in response.96.20% of users are aware of OA e-resources and 49.81% are unable differentiate OA Journals from subscribed journals. The users need a specialized training or workshop on using OA resources.

This paper deals with the comparative study of process and policy of collection development and services of two central libraries, IIT Patna and Ropar. It will further help IIT professional and users. The study describes about the primary purpose of collection development that is to meet the informational needs of learners. Collection development refers to the process of building and maintaining the library’s entire materials such as, print, non-print, electronic and remote formats. Print and audio-visual resources purchased by library funds are for the use of user. The paper focuses on the collection development and services of two central libraries, IIT Patna and Ropar.This will provide new insight for other libraries to implement collection development and services. The paper finally looks the design and structure of two central libraries, IIT Patna and IIT Ropar.

This is the time of learning and data. The phenomenal development of learning and data has affected all associations including the libraries . The customary elements of libraries is to gather, disseminate, spread, store and recover data to give better services to the end clients . The purpose of this paper is to examine the behavior of Librarians in the digital library environment, it also focuses on the use of information channels, seeking techniques and challenges faced by the librarians . The study attempts to know the primary source of information such as network facilities available in the Institutions, use of consortia, E-journal subscription, computerized activities and operations in library, services provided by library. It also enables to know the information about library resources, infrastructure, investigates the adequacy level of satisfaction on library services.

This paper examines a comparative study on neurology research publication in india and global levels from 2001to2006. The data used for the study were retrieved from MEDLARS database on CD ROM (2001 to 2006). Identification of journals titles was done using Ulrich’s periodical directory and the Index MEDICUS AND Web of Science. It covers growth of literature authorship pattern, Pearson’s correlation, linear regression, relative growth rate, doubling time and Bradford’s law of scattering with respect to the identification of core journals.

The present paper examines the pattern of multiple authorship in five select biotechnology journals for the period of 2003-2012. The paper also examines the country-wise, institute-wise contribution across the geographical distribution, determining the number of authors per paper in biotechnology. The data from five biotechnology journals for the period of ten years collected was 10372. The results show the dominance in multi- authored articles 95.10% over single authored articles with 4.89%. The degree of collaboration is 0.95, along with Indian research output of 5.18%.

This study aims to ascertain the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy among the library staffs in professional college libraries in Southern Karnataka. The study mainly focused on the types of ICT skills possessed, familiarity with ICT based Software, use of Internet, use of Computers for library operations and services, implemen- tation of Barcode technology in the library, awareness about Networ- king Technology and ICT Based library services, level of awareness towards ICT based applications and future plans of the library towards ICT applications.

The study explores to understand the perception of health among the citizens of Kalaburagi city, Karnataka, India. The structured interview schedule was used to collect the data from a sample of five hundred fifty-one citizens (N=551) employing proportionate stratified random sampling. The study aims to know the relationship between perception of health and demographic characteristics. Pearson’s correlation coefficient and Chi – square tests were used to identify the association between these variables. The results demonstrate a positive relationship between perception and awareness of health and negative correlation with knowledge. Chi-square test revealed that there is no association between perception of health vis-à-vis independent variables like age, gender, marital status, education qualification, income group, family size and socioeconomic status. The perception of health among citizens has a significant relationship with citizens self – rating of health and for whom they seek health information. The gap in information availability to the citizens may be the reason for a low knowledge of health. Studies are required to explore the possibilities to provide better health information to citizens.

This study investigates the information seeking patterns and types of information sources used by software professionals which are in Mumbai region. The study employed the descriptive research method, using questionnaire for data collection.Most of the software professionals used Englishfollowed by Hindi language in day today activities. The present study shows that software professionals have been shown more affection to Library collection: also they preferred Non print material with Internet. Software professionals are using Internet as a media to get the information which is followed by online databases.

The World Wide Web as the largest information construct has had much progress since its advent. This Book chapter provides a background of the evolution of the web from web 1.0 to web 4.0 and changing role of libraries due to this evaluation. Web 1.0 as a web of information connections, Web 2.0 as a web of people connections, Web 3.0 as a web of knowledge connections and web 4.0 as a web of intelligence connections are described as four generations of the web. Time to time library services & role of librarians also has been changed due to evaluation of web technology and its application in the libraries.

This paper highlights the survey conducted in Engineering College Libraries functioning in the state of Goa to find out collection Development and its services. The most important display of a good library is the quality and quantity of its collection. The main duty of the library being to collect, maintain and provide required information to the users. This can be achieved through adequate collection development.

India is known for its diverse society with many races, castes, sub-castes, religion and culture. Society’s overall development depends upon education as it helps an individual in particular and the society in general. For national integration, proper and qualitative education is necessary to one and all. Ours is a democratic country, but the real democracy starts working when we have all the citizens literate. To make people understand, the right dose of information is required. Public library communicates information and endeavours to make people informed which is of utmost importance for the effective functioning of democracy. A wide range reading opens one’s windows to outside of the nation, as well as the whole world of knowledge, making a citizen free from his narrow attitude and outlook. Public libraries are the only possible neutral agencies to give unbiased political, educational, economic, cultural, social, and industrial information.

This paper is focused on members of faculty of Selected Polytechnic Colleges in Mysore City. For the collection of data structured questionnaire was prepared based on ACRL standard and random survey method was used. All the respondents 100.00% are in need of information. 74.48% faculty members can select the most appropriate search strategy to retrieve information. 77.55% faculty members can able to identify the correct keywords of a given topic. About 83.67% faculty members are aware of copy rights while accessing information. The output of the study shows that there is a need for the training programme on Information literacy skills of the faculty members of polytechnic colleges in mysore city.

This paper examines the Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETDs) deposited at Shodhganga ( an INFLIBNET Project), by The School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science & Technology. The Study is based on the Citation Analysis of the 35 Doctoral Dissertations submitted to CUSAT, deposited in Shodhganga. Analysis of several parameters, like Main Thrust Area of Research, Gender wise Distribution of Legal Research Scholars, Guide ship Pattern of Research Guides, Year wise submission of PhD Theses, Bibliographic forms of Citations, Total number of References per Theses by the Legal Research Scholars, etc. have been ascertained.

The paper examines the impact of web by the senior academicians (professors) of select universities. The study includes knowing and understanding know-how of computers also, to gauge awareness, satisfaction and knowledge of online resources. Printed questionnaires were administered among professors of select universities. The study shows that professors are making good use of online resources and print resources almost equally to satisfy their academic and research needs. It is also found that majority of senior academicians are able to handle laptops, tablets etc. But still there are some professors who need assistance from an expert or students.