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Bibliometric analysis of literature on knowledge sharing

2019-01-30T11:40:44Z

Title: Bibliometric analysis of literature on knowledge sharing Authors: Ali, P.M. Naushad; Malik, Basharat Ahmad; Raza, Ali Abstract: This study aims to analyze globally published research papers on Knowledge Sharing (KS) using different bibliometric parameters based on data downloaded from Thomson Reuter’s Web of Science (WoS). Results indicated that an increasing trend was found in annual production during 1990–2016. The two most productive journals are Journal of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Research & Practice. Out of the 101 countries that contributed to research papers on ‘knowledge sharing’, USA topped with 689 articles. The City University of Hong Kong of China and the National Central University of Taiwan were the most productive institutions. Page(s): 217-227

Resource procurement trend among leading university libraries in India: A study of ascribed and achieved ranking

2019-01-30T11:38:38Z

Title: Resource procurement trend among leading university libraries in India: A study of ascribed and achieved ranking Authors: Pandita, Ramesh; Singh, Shivendra Abstract: The study is based on the university-ranking list, released by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Government of India on April 04, 2016 and attempts to evaluate the ranking of university libraries on the basis of resources procured and the research output recorded by these institutions during the years 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15. On an average, 44% of the library budget in the university libraries across India is being spent on the procurement of print resources and 56% towards the procurement of electronic resources. And again, on an average each university library in India spends Rs. 58.74 million on the procurement of library resources each year and spends Rs. 0.364 million on the resource procurement against each faculty member. Each faculty member during the period of study has on an average published 3.73 research articles. These and many more aspects have been studied and based on seven different identified parameters, variations were observed in the ascribed and achieved ranking of the university libraries. Page(s): 228-238

Content analysis based evaluation of library websites: a case study

2019-01-30T11:36:38Z

Title: Content analysis based evaluation of library websites: a case study Authors: Devi, Ksh. Krishna; Verma, Manoj Kumar Abstract: One hundred and seventy two parameters and a five-point rating scale have been designed to rank IITs and NITs library websites. A detailed criterion has been developed with two variables “Yes” and “No” while conditional and additional scenarios were added as per the requirement. The present study was carried out on the library website/web page of the 19 IITs and 29 NITs. The study reveals that the score point of IIT Kanpur library website placed in the first position and NIT Agartala placed in the last position among all the engineering institution taken for the study. The study further suggested that the evaluation of libraries’ website must be done frequently so as to check the structure and information available in the website as well as to keep the website updated. Page(s): 239-251

Indian e-journals in library and information science: A study based on coverage in UGC approved list of journals

2019-01-30T11:34:22Z

Title: Indian e-journals in library and information science: A study based on coverage in UGC approved list of journals Authors: Gupta, Dinesh K; Kumar, Vijendra Abstract: In the recently released UGC list of approved journals, 11 out of 40 Indian LIS journals were found having e-ISSNs. While searching the ISSN database for e-ISSNs of the remaining journals, 7 more were found having e-ISSNs. However, four of these seven journals could not be considered for the present study as they had wrong country of origin, the journal is not an exclusive LIS journal, etc. Finally, fourteen LIS online Indian journals with e-ISSNs have been studied. The study finds that a detailed check list needs to be developed to assess the journals and concludes that there is a need for improving the quality of journals and making them comparable with the global standards. Page(s): 252-260