NOPR Collection:

Current programs - An alerting service based on scientific meetings

2014-04-18T18:09:53Z

Title: Current programs - An alerting service based on scientific meetings Authors: Agarwal, S N; Khan, R R Abstract: Presentation of scientific papers in meetings or conferences is an effective way of communication among the researchers. Such presentations are more useful than publishing in periodicals as the former not only convey the results quicker than periodicals but also provide a chance for fruitful criticisms. But most of the papers presented at the meetings may go unnoticed since they are rarely abstracted by major abstracting services possibly because of their fugitive nature. The only exception is of those papers which are published in the form of proceedings or those which are published in periodicals at a later date. Still a large percentage of papers presented at meetings is not published any-where and is therefore lost. This is particularly true of papers on engineering applications. Page(s): 87-89

Indic names and computers

2014-05-27T11:41:11Z

Title: Indic names and computers Authors: Gupta, S K; Chakraborty, A R; Ghosh, S B; Sen, B K Abstract: The Institute for Scientific Information, Philadelphia, Pa has kept a provision of accommodating 12 letters for surnames for its publications like Science Citation Index, who is Publishing in Science, etc. This has resulted in mutilation of a considerable number of Indic names. This study was taken up to find out the percentage and category of Indic names, which would be affected if the limit is fixed at 12 letters. The study reveals that about 6% of Indic names are having 13 to 24 letters, amongst which South Indian names come first, followed by Bengali, Muslim and Christian names. If the limit is fixed at 16 letters, only 1% Indic names are affected. Very few Indic names will be affected if the limit is fixed at 20 letters. Page(s): 78-86

Indian serial publications relating to science and technology policy

2014-04-18T18:09:36Z

Title: Indian serial publications relating to science and technology policy Authors: Bhatia, Mohan Abstract: The extremely scattered nature of literature of Science and Technology Policy (STP) and the consequent need for bibliographical control have been discussed. Present a list of Indian primary periodicals abstracting and indexing services and daily newspapers which carry and cover the literature of STP. Page(s): 73-77

Translations and translation services

2014-04-22T18:09:24Z

Title: Translations and translation services Authors: Chakraborty, A R; Sriram, Janardan; Joshi, Meera G Abstract: T'he problems of scientific translation, from the point of view of English speaking scientist, have been highlighted. The organisation and working of some of the most important translation pools and clearing houses have been discussed and the usefulness of their indexing publications discussed and evaluated. Page(s): 60-72