1st ICLIM - 2016
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Item Status of Institutional Repositories in SAARC Countries: An Analytical Study(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Maheswaran, R.This paper examines the usage of institutional repositories in SAARC countries. The data for the study has been collected from the website of respective institutions in each SAARC country. The study analyzed the Communities and Sub Communities, Contribution of authors of the institutional repositories in SAARC Countries. This study adopted an analytical method where the data are readily available in the website. At first, the institutions that are using Dspace software for building Institutional repository in each of the eight SAARC countries were identified and sorted out separately. Then data regarding the collections, communities etc were separately collected from the website the respective institutions. The study also further analysed the number of institutions using Dspace ,their collections, number of Communities and Sub Communities available, number of authors etc.,. All these data were subsequently tabulated for making observations. This paper analyzes the usage of institutional repositories in SAARC countries. In India, Jadavpur University and Osmania University has the maximum number of collections. In Sri Lanka, University of Colombo and University of Peradeniya has the maximum number of collections. In Bangladesh, BRAC University Institutional Repository and Daffodil International University Institutional Digital Repository has the maximum number ofcollections. In Afghanistan, ACKU Library Catalogue has the highest number of collections. In Nepal, Madan PuraskarPustakalayahyas the maximum number of collections.Item Scholarly Information Input for Quality Research: Initiatives of India(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Ganesan, P.; Sujatha, R.; Abraham, L.T.Higher education in India witnessed tremendous growth after independence with systematic reforms. The success of any organisation lies with quality information and it is treated as most important and valuable asset. Quality assurance and development plays central role in strategic planning in Higher education. The major reason for more information is development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), which has made easy to publish and retrieve the documents over the web. There is no much control mechanism to check the relevance of information published over the web has lead to publish more documents, in which relevance of majority of the information is questionable. But, something is better than nothing and there is still some relevant, accurate, timely, updated information is available over the web. Publication of quality research may take more time, but the final output of the results will be useful to the society. On the other hand, more number of low quality publication will work against the system which will hamper the funding and attracting good students community. Quality information is the information, which is perceived and used by the customer. It has certain attributes such as accuracy, relevancy, free from bias, currency, trustworthy, and so on. In order to ensure the quality in research, the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India has taken some of the measures to be implemented in the Indian University System. This paper discusses about various attributes involved in quality information, its impact on quality research and some of the strategies taken by the UGC for ensuring the quality in higher education research.Item Status of Library and Information Science Course Materials in India: An Analytical Study(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Balasubramani, R.; Abu, K.S.This study analyses the course materials available in the field of library and information science in India. The study adopted analytical method and the data for the study are available in the respective websites. This study identified the websites, blogs, wikis and other tools that are providing library and information science course materials. These Web applicationshave been progressively more adopted by many onlineeducational services. Due to their effortlessness of use and swiftness of operation, theyproffer the chance for dominant information sharing and ease of collaboration. It is important to continue utilizing educational resources to boost your education. There are always variety of new skills to learn and new abilities to master, and that’s why so many library professionals continue to make use of online courses to boost up their overall knowledge. There are abundant online resources which offer online training and education and they are fundamental for enhancing your overall level of knowledge and making sure that you get the best possible skills to thrive in the field of library and information scienceThe main aim of this study is the identify and list out the course materials in the field of library and information science so that it is easier for the library professionals to make out the available course materials in the field of library and information science course materials in a single place.