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A quantitative assessment of the articles on environmental issues published in English-language Indian dailies

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Title: A quantitative assessment of the articles on environmental issues published in English-language Indian dailies Authors: Dutt, Bharvi; Garg, K.C.; Bhatta, Archita Abstract: The paper examines the coverage of environment-related issues published in 31 prominent English-language Indian newspapers in terms of their quantification and thematic representation. Among all the topics discussed under environment, climate change and global warming got the highest priority with 75% items which constituted more than two third (77%) of the total space occupied by environmental issues. Of these, highest number of items was on adverse impacts of global warming / climate change followed by those on mitigation. Among all the newspapers, The Times of India allocated the maximum space to the issues related to environment. Page(s): 219-226

Library resources and services in Indian Institutes of Technology

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Title: Library resources and services in Indian Institutes of Technology Authors: Jotwani, Daulat Abstract: Describes role of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in higher education and research in engineering, sciences and technology in the country. Each IIT has a well resourced Central Library to support their academic and research mission. This paper comprehensively studies the functioning, the resources and the services of these libraries. The level of automation, availability of ICT infrastructure, access to electronic resources and the digital library initiatives taken by these libraries are also discussed. These libraries are an integral part of the IIT System and are highly valued by their users for their services, highly skilled staff, and easy-to-use collections. It is suggested that these libraries need to move to the next level of technological up-gradation including application of cloud computing to improve their resources and services. Page(s): 204-211

Theoretical and practical application of aggregated citations of cited articles

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Title: Theoretical and practical application of aggregated citations of cited articles Authors: Bharathi, D. Gnana Abstract: Aggregated Citations of Cited Articles (ACCA) is a methodology for evaluation of scientific journals. ACCA is formulated based on a concept of discrete elemental system that is applicable to a number of fields such as physics, chemistry, etc. It considers journal as a discrete element system whose overall performance is measured only through the active articles and their citations. Evaluation of only the cited articles allows the journals to retain their originality in nature and variety in publication of documents, for which they are known, without affecting the ranking of the journal. The paper explains the theory and practical application of ACCA for the evaluation of the journals. Page(s): 186-194

Indices of job stress and job satisfaction among academic librarians in selected federal universities in South West Nigeria

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Title: Indices of job stress and job satisfaction among academic librarians in selected federal universities in South West Nigeria Authors: Ogunlana, E K; Okunlaya, R O A; Ajani, F O; Okunoye, T; Oshinaike, A O Abstract: Librarians around the world, like other professionals, experience stress caused by different factors.. The study examined the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction among a population of 87 librarians. Descriptive survey research method was used. Job stress levels were assessed using the Job Stress Scale (JSS) adapted from Stress Indicators Scale (2007) and job satisfaction levels were measured using the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire of Linz, (2002) and graded by Likert scale with degree of agreement range between low to high (1-5). This research was designed for the librarians employed in the libraries in South West Nigeria. Data were collected through the questionnaire designed and were subjected to statistical analysis using simple percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test statistics and Scheffe post-hoc analysis. The study revealed that the mean scores for satisfaction were low for workplace characteristics. Female librarians had significantly lower job satisfaction (mean job satisfaction score difference = 12.2; 50.5%, p>0.05), as compared to their male counterparts (mean job satisfaction score difference 21.0: 49.5%, p<0.05); and a positive correlation was found between job satisfaction and librarians’ job stress (r = 0.69, α < 0.05). The findings also revealed that majority of the librarians had low job satisfaction level and higher levels of job stress. These results have implications for addressing job stress and job satisfaction in academic libraries. Page(s): 212-218