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国际刊物《Scientometrics》文献计量研究

Purpose – This paper aims to survey the web sites of the academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (USA) regarding the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies.Design/methodology/approach – The websites of 100 member academic libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (USA) were surveyed.Findings – All libraries were found to be using various tools of Web 2.0. Blogs, microblogs, RSS, instant messaging, social networking sites, mashups, podcasts, and vodcasts were widely adopted, while wikis, photo sharing, presentation sharing, virtual worlds, customized webpage and vertical search engines were used less. Libraries were using these tools for sharing news, marketing their services, providing information literacy instruction, providing information about print and digital resources, and soliciting feedback of users.Originality/value – The paper is useful for future planning of Web 2.0 use in academic libraries.

Adoption of Web 2.0 in US academic libraries: a survey of ARL library websites

This part of the study highlights the contents of the published articles in terms of various disciplines or sub-disciplines and the bibliometric aspects discussed in these articles. The analysis of 902 papers published by Indian scholars during1995-2014 indicates that the main focus of bibliometrics/scientometrics is on assessment of science and technology in India in different sub-disciplines including contributions by Indian states and other individual countries followed by bibliometric analysis of individual journals. Papers dealing with bibliometric laws received a low priority as compared to other subdisciplines of bibliometrics/scientometrics. The analysis of data indicates that the share of theoretical studies using mathematical and statistical techniques which were missing in the earlier period (1970-1994) has increased during 1995-2014. The field of medicine as a discipline received the highest attention as compared to other disciplines.

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Bibliometrics and scientometrics in India: An overview of studies during 1995-2014Part II: Contents of the articles in terms of disciplines and their bibliometric aspects

Using data from SCI 1998, we have analysed inter-national collaboration in science in 11 Asian countries. Papers resulting from collaboration among these countries and with G7, European Union, OECD and selected Latin American and African countries were classified under subject categories to characterize each country’s total and collaborated scientific literature output. Japan (16.4% of internationally collaborated papers), India (17.6%) and Taiwan (1 6.3%) recorded an internationalization index less than 30 whereas China (28.5%), South Korea (24.6%) and Hong Kong 8(36.2%) recorded an internationalization index greater than 40. India, China and South Korea have collab o-rated more in physics, whereas the o ther eight coun-tries have collaborated more in life sciences. In almost all fields and for virtually all Asian countries, USA is the most preferred collaborating partner. All G7 cou n-tries collaborate more with China, which is emerging as a leader in region al collaboration, than with India.

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SPECIAL SECTION: SCIENTOMETRICS - Mapping international collaboration in science in Asia through coauthorship analysis

Marketing in Non-profit Organizations

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the growth and development of periodical literature on Web 2.0 technologies and their other fields.Design/methodology/approach – Bibliographic data of the articles published in the 13 leading peer‐reviewed journals are obtained from the Emerald database (www.emeraldinsight.com) directly using such keywords as “Web 2.0”, “blogs”, “wikis”, “RSS”, “social networking sites”, “podcasts”, “Mashup”, and multimedia sharing tools, i.e. YouTube and Flickr. The bibliographical surrogates such as author, title, subtitle, source, issue, volume, pages, etc. were recorded in MS‐Excel (2010) sheet for the analysis and interpretation of data. A bibliography of selected articles is provided.Findings – The study found 206 research articles on the subject published in 13 leading library and information science journals of Emerald for period 2007‐2011. Further, the study found that 2009 was the most productive year with 69 articles. The study observed Online Information Review...

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Web 2.0 technologies in libraries: a survey of periodical literature published by Emerald

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and assess the awareness and extent of the use of social networking sites (SNSs) by the students and research scholars of universities of North India. Design/methodology/approach – The study is a questionnaire-based survey on the usage of SNSs among the students and research scholars of the universities of North India. The data of the study were collected through questionnaires, which were personally distributed to the identified population, i.e. undergraduate students, postgraduate students and research scholars, by the authors. The survey was based on a sample of 610 questionnaires; of which, 486 questionnaires were received, having a response rate of 79.67 per cent. Findings – The study showed that all the respondents were found to be aware of and making use of such applications in their academic affairs. It was revealed from the study that Facebook is the most popular SNS by all categories of respondents. To determine the purpose of SNSs, it emerged that SNSs are mostly used for entertainment and communication. The study also found that the majority of respondents were aware about the security aspects of SNSs. It signifies that excessive time consumption and fear of misusing personal information were the major hurdles in the way of accessing SNSs. Research limitations/implications – The study covers the students and research scholars of select universities of North India. It also signifies the use of SNSs in their research and academic environment. Originality/value – The paper provides reliable and authentic data. The study is worth, justifiable and enlightens the salient findings on the topic, which will be very useful for researchers in this area.

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Role and users’ approach to social networking sites (SNSs): a study of universities of North India

This research is a report of the findings of a study of the information seeking behaviour of agricultural scientists working in the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) institutions of Delhi, and Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. A structured questionnaire was developed to explore the information seeking behaviour of agricultural scientists. Data collected were analysed using the latest version of MS-Excel for appropriate statistical procedures for description (frequencies, per cent, means, and standard deviations), etc. The paper discusses the findings of various strategies and procedures adopted by the agricultural scientists in meeting their information requirement. The agricultural scientists were asked torank the information sources indicating their order of priority while seeking information. They were askedto use a scale in order to their priority on the basis of I, II and III. The results show that agricultural scientists have expressed great dependence in meeting their information requirement on their institutional library/information centre. Seventy-two per cent of the respondents for all categories of agricultural scientists preferred their library/information centre as the most preferred source. For accessing information agricultural scientists highly depend on the library collection, followed by the personal collection, collection of their supervisor and of colleagues in order of decreasing priority.http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.28.3.175

Information Seeking Strategies of Agricultural Scientists Working in the ICAR Institutions in India

The paper presents citation analysis of PhD theses submitted in the discipline of sociology of the University of Delhi during 1995-2010. The study is based on the 5766 citations taken out from 25 PhD theses of sociology. The study presents analysis of several parameters like authorship pattern, forms of literature, country-wise scattering of citations, distribution of Indian and foreign citations and a ranked list of top 30 cited sociology journals. The study finds that highest number of citations was single authored (83.94 %), and 67.23 % citations were from books and only 22.20 % citations were from journals. The country-wise scattering of citations reveals that 2536 (45.52 %) citations were from India and it was followed by USA and UK. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology , 2014, 33(6), pp. 488-493. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.5480

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Citation Analysis of PhD Theses in Sociology Submitted to University of Delhi during 1995-2010

Purpose – The purpose of the study is to explore the publication trends of the scholarly journal Library Management, and highlight its various important aspects. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents results of bibliometric analysis of 336 articles which were published during the period 2006-2012, in the Library Management journal of Emerald. Findings – The results indicate that the majority of the contributions by single authors and most cited documents are journal articles. The study highlights the chronological distribution of articles, authorship pattern, geographical distribution of authors, institutions wise distribution, citation pattern and length of articles. Originality/value – As yet there have been no such studies conducted that investigate the various aspects of Library Management journal. It evaluates the publication trends of the journal and has important implications for scholars and researchers.

KP Singh

Papers

Web 2.0 technologies in libraries: a survey of periodical literature published by Emerald

Role and users’ approach to social networking sites (SNSs): a study of universities of North India

Information Seeking Strategies of Agricultural Scientists Working in the ICAR Institutions in India

Citation Analysis of PhD Theses in Sociology Submitted to University of Delhi during 1995-2010

Publication trends in library and information science: A bibliometric analysis of Library Management journal