Showing papers in "SRELS Journal of Information Management in 2013"
TL;DR: An analysis of 2074 papers published on different aspects of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) during 1991 to 2010 and indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded indicates that the output increased many folds since 1991 except for a significant dip in 2005 as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: An analysis of 2074 papers published on different aspects of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) during 1991 to 2010 and indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded indicates that the output increased many folds since 1991 except for a significant dip in 2005. These papers were scattered in 501 journal titles, which originated from 29 different countries. Total output came from 62 countries of which 14 countries contributed 90% of the total output. The highest number of publications came from USA, followed by India. The publication activity increased significantly in China, South Korea, France, Austria, Singapore, Germany and decreased for Japan in the second block. Data indicates that about 87% of the total output is concentrated among 15 sub-disciplines and the remaining in other 53 sub-disciplines. Highest output (18%) is in the sub-discipline of virology. Among the prolific institutions, the publication output of institutions from the USA and Taiwan had higher impact. Citation per Paper (CPP) and Relative Citation Impact (RCI) were more than average for USA. All the Indian institutes listed under prolific institutions had made only a low impact.
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TL;DR: China was the country with the highest productivity rare and the most-frequent partners among the collaborative papers at global level and the academic productivity and distribution of research diversity of cryptography field from four major countries was assessed.
Abstract: The Publication pattern, Relative Growth Rate (RGR), Doubling time (Dt), Country-wise distribution and Subject-wise papers of Cryptography published during 2000-2011 were analyzed. This bibliometric study was made using the data retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) through the filter of the category in Cryptography as a subject search. A total number of 6610 records which were retrieved from the Web of Science was used to assess the academic productivity and distribution of research diversity of cryptography field from four major countries -China, USA, Taiwan and Japan which contributed more papers in cryptography and allied field of researches. The highest RGR is 0.44 in 2002 and Dt is 21.656 in 2008 measured during the period. China was the country with the highest productivity rare and the most-frequent partners among the collaborative papers at global level.
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TL;DR: The number of PIC acknowledgements in electronics research is very low compared to other journals, and the number of articles with acknowledgements is higher in IETe Technical Review compared to IETE Journal of Research.
Abstract: Studies the acknowledgements incorporated in research papers on electronics and related fields appearing during 2008-2012 in IETE Technical Review, and IETE Journal of Research, official publications of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). Results show that nearly 35% articles contains acknowledgements; on average acknowledgement per articles is 2.2; mostly acknowledgements relates to financial support. Only 21% of acknowledgements address to the PIC [Peer Interactive Communication], and two persons are acknowledged two times. The number of articles with acknowledgements is higher in IETE Technical Review compared to IETE Journal of Research. The number of PIC acknowledgements in electronics research is very low compared to other journals. Forty-two percent articles acknowledge one addressee and 1% articles acknowledges up to ten addressees at a time.
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TL;DR: The required knowledge, skills and competencies that has not only brought in change in the working style of LIS professionals but which are also essential for them to survive and flourish in this digital era are stated.
Abstract: Information Communication Technology (ICT) facilitates access to electronic information which has become invaluable and complementing traditional library services. ICTs have enabled individuals to handle information possessing effective with greater speed and accuracy regardless of the time and distance. ICTs and its tools have always been helpful in extending information services . This paper is a study of mapping the existing ICT skills and competencies of the LIS professionals working in the Engineering colleges of Karnataka. And thus comes out with suggestions in bridging the gap by stating the required knowledge, skills and competencies that has not only brought in change in the working style of LIS professionals but which are also essential for them to survive and flourish in this digital era.
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TL;DR: This study is an attempt to ascertain the use and opinion about OPAC in Bhai Gurdas Library, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar by the research scholars.
Abstract: Information technology has played a crucial and constructive role in the modernization of information services. It has significantly helped the librarians in providing right information to right users at right time. Its applications have brought a sea change in the techniques of information access, dissemination, storage and retrieval. Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is a service that helps the users in speedily finding their required documents. This study is an attempt to ascertain the use and opinion about OPAC in Bhai Gurdas Library, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar by the research scholars. On the basis of analysis of data, major findings and suggestions put forth by the respondents about the expectations and gaps have been given in this study.
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TL;DR: Evaluated Grant-in-Aid projects carried out at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, India during 1995-2010 through Bibliometric method finds the impact of projects in the light of current global scenario and making project selection mechanism more effective by tailoring to the current needs of the society.
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of 204 Grant-in-Aid projects carried out at CSIR-National
Metallurgical Laboratory, India during 1995-2010 through Bibliometric method. Unearths the impact of
projects in the light of current needs to sustain in future. The data pertaining to study were generated through
structured questionnaire. The output-identified as deliverables of each project includes, cash flow, process
developed, patents, copyright, and technology transferred, academic contribution and research papers
published through projects .The quality of papers were traced out through citation and impact factor. The
Projects have been classified at different level of research- basic research, applied research, industrial
research. The data further presented according to the level of research to accommodate 204 projects. The
duration of the projects ranged from 6 months to 5 years. A group of 27 subject areas have been identified
for all the projects, fall in the domain of Metallurgy and Materials Sciences and allied subjects .The value of
projects were estimated around 55 Crore Rupees. About 97% projects were accomplished in scheduled
time. The R&D output reflects that 55 processes were developed and only one technology could be
transferred. However 21 technologies are under negotiation for transfer to different parties. During the
tennure of projects, 40 patents and 14 copyrights were filed. About 58 students from various reputed
academic institutions were benefited through projects. A total of 608 research papers were reported based on
projects findings. The trends of publications during 16 years show that SCI papers are in increasing trends
and reflects a healthy sign as performance indicators of the sponsored projects. The projects under basic
research contributed a maximum of 226 papers with 845 citations, shared 64.50% of the total 1310 citations.
The average impact factor of papers was 1.552. The highly cited papers published in the area of water
quality-assessment, received 88 Citations, other highly cited papers fall in the domain of corrosion
protection and prevention, waste management and utilization and materials science and technology. The
output of the present work will be useful for scientists and decision makers to judge the impact of Grant- in-
Aid projects in the light of current global scenario and making project selection mechanism more effective
by tailoring to the current needs of the society.
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TL;DR: The objective of this article is to identify and analyse the rate and growth of scholarly publication, analyse the authorship pattern and to examine the publication type of research, application of Lotka's Law, Creating Label View, Cluster View and finding the Citation map.
Abstract: Cloud computing, a popular topic in the past few years involves various technologies and provides scalable IT related services over the Internet. Much has been written about this concept and its applications in the IT and business fields. The aim of the study is to analyse the quantum literature output in the area of cloud computing from 2008-2012 from the Web of Knowledge. The downloaded 2207 data were analysed with the Bibexcel Tool. This objective of this article is to identify and analyse the rate and growth of scholarly publication, analyse the authorship pattern and to examine the publication type of research, application of Lotka's Law, Creating Label View, Cluster View and finding the Citation map.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the research performance of National Institutes of Technology (NITs) of India during 2001-2010 on several parameters including NIT overall contribution, its growth pattern, citation impact, the share of international collaboration, identification of significant participating countries in NITs international collaboration and contribution and impact by different subject areas.
Abstract: This study analyses the research performance of National Institutes of Technology (NITs) of India during 2001-2010 on several parameters including NITs overall contribution, its growth pattern, citation impact, the share of international collaboration, identification of significant participating countries in NITs international collaboration, contribution and impact by different subject areas, identification of weak and strong subject areas, productivity and impact of prolific authors, pattern of communication of NITs output in most productive journals and characteristics of high cited papers of NITs. The Scopus Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 10 years (2001-10).
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TL;DR: It is concluded that facets and semantic factors should be reconsidered as powerful components in KOS development, as well as in Kos representation in the context of the Semantic Web.
Abstract: Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) can be constructed on the basis of three main kinds of relationships: classical hierarchies; facets; and concepts related in some other relevant way. Among related concepts, of special interest are semantic factors, that is concepts occurring in the definition of a term or class. In an evolutionary perspective, factors can combine, leading to the emergence of a new class of phenomena at a higher integrative level. Recording factors in the schedules of a KOS can make it more sound in ontological terms, and allow for additional functionalities in its application to information retrieval, like query expansion. Some aspects and problems of this are discussed, including of the extent of the semantic network to be considered for each search, and fuzzy relationships with concepts concurring to the definition of terms or classes. Examples are provided from UDC, ILC, and the ISO standard for thesaurus interoperability. It is concluded that facets and semantic factors should be reconsidered as powerful components in KOS development, as well as in KOS representation in the context of the Semantic Web.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the attitudes of two law university library users towards the use of OPAC/Web OPAC and located in Andhra Pradesh and found that respondents have positive attitudes about the use OPAC /web OPAC service and facility.
Abstract: This study examines the attitudes of two law university library users towards the use of OPAC/Web OPAC and located in Andhra Pradesh. The sample population was chosen by using the convenience sample method. The investigators distributed 200 sample instruments to members of the teaching staff, research scholars, LLM students and LLB students and received 123 fiilled-in usable questionnaires making a moderate response rate of 61.5% which was found adequate for the analysis. Major findings of the study include: 15(12.3%) respondents did not use OPAC/Web OPAC. 62(50%) of the respondents were using OPAC/Web OPAC not very much and 51(41.8%) respondents stated that their use of the OPAC/Web OPAC was not guided by library OPAC/Web OPAC. The analysis found that respondents have positive attitudes about the use of OPAC/Web OPAC service and facility.
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TL;DR: A scientometric study of 834 articles on carbon nanotube research in India spanning over the years 1999 to 2012 downloaded from Web of Science is presented in this paper, where authorship pattern, document types involved and active Indian institutions co-coordinating research in this subject have also been studied.
Abstract: This paper reports on a scientometric study of 834 articles on Carbon nanotube research in India spanning over the years 1999 to 2012 downloaded from Web of Science. The study analyses literature growth trends, which shows an initiation of potential growth of research in this subject since 2008. It also examines collaborations with different countries. The authorship pattern, document types involved and active Indian institutions co-coordinating research in this subject have also been studied. Bradford law of scattering was applied to identify the core journals and Lotka's law to study the authors productivity pattern.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the awareness of scholarly journals of the faculty members available through UGCINFONET and revealed various patterns of use by the Professors and Associate Professors for instance Assistant professors use the resources for study purpose.
Abstract: The paper examines the awareness of scholarly journals of the faculty members available through UGCINFONET The study reveals various patterns of use by the Professors and Associate Professors for instance Assistant professors use the resources for study purpose The faculty members also get to acquire the guidance and experience for accessing the scholarly journal from the Library staff and from the senior faculty members It is however found that lack of training for accessing is an obstacle in proper and full utilization of them The paper has conducted a survey on use and access to electronic resources through the search facilities provided by the publishers for full text articles
TL;DR: In this article, an attempt has been made to investigate the pattern of authorship, type of collaborated research and the degree of collaboration in the field of social sciences, and the data was collected from social science citation index of ISI Thomson Reuters, for the period of twelve years i.e. 2000-2011.
Abstract: In this paper, an attempt has been made to investigate the pattern of authorship, type of collaborated research and the degree of collaboration in the field of Social Sciences. The data was collected from social science citation index of ISI Thomson Reuters, for the period of twelve years i.e. 2000-2011. Author publications have been divided into three block periods 2000-2003, 2004-2007, and 2008-2011. The Collaborative Index (CI) and Degree of Collaboration (DC) and Collaboration Coefficient (CC) have been calculated. These are increasing from one block to another indicating a progressive trend in collaborative research.
TL;DR: In this paper, the limitations of the dynamic theory of classification in accommodating the changes and rapid growth of new topics in the universe of knowledge are examined and the need for exploration of this complexity for both improving systems, and revisiting our theory.
Abstract: Examines the limitations of the dynamic theory of classification in accommodating the changes and rapid growth of new topics in the universe of knowledge. Change in an analytico-synthetic scheme for classification is much more a web of connections and mapping these changes is a complex process. Suggests that there is need for exploration of this complexity for both improving systems, and revisiting our theory.
TL;DR: The authors examines Ranganathan's idea of the universe of knowledge and highlights how his search for a new approach to classification (beyond the enumerative model) was influenced by this idea.
Abstract: This paper examines Ranganathan's idea of the universe of knowledge and highlights how his search for a new approach to classification (beyond the enumerative model) was influenced by this idea. It then scrutinizes Ranganathan approach in the light of the cultural background in which it developed. In particular, his PMEST is looked at against the background of the Indian philosophical tradition, comparing it with the Vaisesika categorial systems. Finally, the role of categorial systems as a cognitive means is analyzed. Certain basic categories have surfaced within the Indo-European linguistic and cultural frame in different ages and latitudes. The fact that they are somehow, culturally constructed does not undermine their role of establishing the meaningful domain of discourse of a cultural tradition.
TL;DR: A binary tree is used as a model for a hierarchical structure and the global and local Q-value, being measures for the extent to which a node plays a bridging function between groups, are determined.
Abstract: A binary tree is used as a model for a hierarchical structure. All nodes situated at the same height are assumed to form a group. The global and local Q-value, being measures for the extent to which a node plays a bridging function between groups, are determined. For the global Q-value this is can be done in two ways: a direct one and one via a recursion relation.
TL;DR: An analysis of 90958 papers published by Indian scientists and indexed by SCI-E during 2010-2011 indicates that academic institutions produced the highest number of papers contributing about 43% of the output.
Abstract: An analysis of 90958 papers published by Indian scientists and indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) during 2010-2011 indicates that academic institutions produced the highest number of papers contributing about 43% of the output. The highest number of papers was published in the discipline of chemical sciences. Highest impact as judged by the values of CPP and RCI was also made by chemical sciences. About 83% papers were published in journals originating froum outse India. US journals were the most preferred choice for publishing papers. About half of the papers were published in medium impact factor journals and 66% papers were cited one or more times. Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore) published the highest number of papers; and the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (Bangalore) made the highest impact.
TL;DR: Evidence from the Web of Science shows that Ranganathan's legacy is now shown as leading the knowledge organization domain into new territory.
Abstract: Domain analytical studies are used in knowledge organization to comprehend the parameters of specific communities. A fruitful but rarely used approach is to examine the theoretical community that is defined by a common core of cited work. Ranganathan's work, especially on facets, has been shown to populate a primary cluster of influence in author co-citation analyses based on the literature of knowledge organization. The basic research question for this study asks what constitutes the ontological community of citers of Ranganathan over time? Evidence from the Web of Science shows that Ranganathan's legacy is now shown as leading the knowledge organization domain into new territory.
TL;DR: In this paper, it is almost four years since the passing away of Professor PN Kaula This article is a tribute to him It is a short biodata of Prof Kaulas recording all this major achievements
Abstract: It is almost four years since the passing away of Professor PN Kaula This article is a tribute to him It is a short biodata of Prof Kaula recording all this major achievements
TL;DR: This review indicates that the Indian publications are now visible and it is increasing, and there is hardly any research being done to evaluate and measure research outcome; there is also no evidence that the results of the scientometric research is being used in drafting science policy or in science administration.
Abstract: A survey of scientometric literature of India for the period 2000-12 was carried out to study and understand scientometric research in India. The data were collected from LISA; 175 documents are covered in this survey. most of which were published in Annals of Library and Information Science, SRELS Journal of Information Management, DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology, COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics and Information management and Journal of Scientometrics. Discussions in the reviewed papers relate to several topics in scientometrics -- India's contribution to world literature, growth of Indian literature, proportion of collaborative research, etc. This review indicates that the Indian publications are now visible and it is increasing, There is hardly any research being done to evaluate and measure research outcome; there is also no evidence that the results of the scientometric research is being used in drafting science policy or in science administration.
TL;DR: The main focus of this paper will be to look at the ways in which universal classifications, as language independent concept schemes, can assist humans and computers in structuring and presenting information and formulating queries.
Abstract: The pervasive power of digitization causes scientific, educational, economic and cultural communities to change modes of accessing, sharing and disseminating knowledge and leads to a convergence between our cultural heritage, classic culture and technical culture. It is no surprise that some researchers have called for a - digital humanism, pointing out at the force by which new technologies are becoming a sort of culture since they drive us into a new global cultural destiny. Such reflections concern the society as a whole. This paper will examine how knowledge organization meets the growing need to organize digital information. Faceted Classifications will be examined as one of the most adapted knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) for the global information access. One of our objectives will be to understand the reasons underlying its indisputable capacity as a popular tool for global access to information. Thus the main focus of this paper will be to look at the ways in which universal classifications, as language independent concept schemes, can assist humans and computers in structuring and presenting information and formulating queries. We will try through this work to outline some directions for future work and a better understanding of the realm of faceted classification and how its universality is rooted in human cognition.
TL;DR: In this paper, a self developed questionnaire was used to rate the level of services regarding the six dimensions of academic libraries in Sri Lanka, which revealed that the quality of services provided by the libraries was unsatisfactory.
Abstract: This research was based on a quantitative study that aims to evaluate the quality of services in academic libraries in Sri Lanka.. A self developed questionnaire was used to rate the level of services regarding the six dimensions. The instrument was distributed among randomly selected 200 undergraduates from three universities. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and Service Quality Indexes Test were applied to analyse the obtained data. The research revealed that the quality of services provided by the libraries was unsatisfactory. More than half of the respondents have not expressed that the library services were in satisfactory level. Further, analysis indicated that “Check out system of the library materials” “Convenient service hours”, “Internet facilities for library users” and “Availability of information in the online catalogue” were the poor services offered as found by the study.
TL;DR: In this article, a survey has been conducted to investigate the application of ICT in the Central State Libraries in Haryana and Chandigarh in the northern region of India.
Abstract: The study of application of ICT in libraries is considered today as the core effect of technology in the changing times. Keeping the above concept in mind a survey has been done in the Central Public Libraries in the northern region of India. The study was conducted to investigate the application of ICT in the Central State Libraries in Haryana and Chandigarh. The study provides to infer that the library automation is one of the effective and efficient application of ICT. The questionnaire comprises various aspects of the selected libraries under study to assess the applications of ICT. The data has been presented in tables along with their interpretation. The findings and a conclusion has been drawn in the light of objectives of the study.
TL;DR: A survey of academic libraries to know the perception and nature of organizational culture prevailing in these libraries is presented in this paper. But, it is not a comprehensive survey of all libraries.
Abstract: Organizational culture is the moral, social, and behavioural norms of an organization. It creates impacts on the beliefs, attitudes, and priorities of organizational members. It is something holistic, historically determined, socially constructed, soft, and difficult to change. It is something an organization has, but can also be seen as something an organization is. The prevailing culture of an organization, its customs and traditions and in general the day to day happenings are based on the original source of its founder/s and reflect the vision and mission of the institution. The study is based on a survey of academic libraries to know the perception and nature of organizational culture prevailing in these libraries. Study can be used to know the organizations more intimately and for better management.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the findings of a survey of users of the rural public library in Dakshina Kannada district, and found that students and job holders in private/public sector were the regular visitors to the library, who visited the library daily or once a week.
Abstract: The access for the rural population to information sources is very limited. Public library presents various information needs to the society through its services to the community. The present study examines the findings of a survey of users of the rural public library in Dakshina Kannada district. An attempt has been made to understand and evaluate the use of the Bantwal branch public library by the users with respect to their demographic characteristics, frequency and purpose of using the library, and their satisfaction with the resources and services provided in the library. The results of the survey indicate that students and job holders in private/public sector were the regular visitors to the library, who visited the library daily or once a week, hence public libraries need to enrich their information resource collection and create better ambience and basic facilities needed to retain the visitors for longer duration. This study also suggests the transformation of existing libraries or establishing a new set up of dynamic information centres with the help of the latest IT to effectively cater to the information needs of the rural people.
TL;DR: A Spatial Information System (SIS) = GIS is an important data support component of the socio-economic development planning system and discusses what is SIS, what support facilities it can provide, and the categories of users and uses.
Abstract: A Spatial Information System (SIS) = Geographic Information System (GIS) is an important data support component of the socio-economic development planning system. Socio-economic development planning being oriented towards the future, it has to rely on knowledge, as complete as possible, of the attributes of the components of the society the plan covers. The planner needs data / info on all the present aspects of the society and their environment, and of the recent past that created the conditions for development. It implies data on the state and trend in all sectors of economic activity–agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, business, finance, human resources, etc.; also data / info on and from the supporting infrastructure in all these sectors–the land, fauna, flora, population, housing, nutrition, public health, education, cultural activities, and so on. A range of different categories of data / info constituting components and services – stable and dynamic–from the national , down to the village level - to be used in an integrated manner. Briefly discusses what is SIS, what support facilities it can provide, the categories of users and uses, the components of SIS-thematic cartography, inventorial cartography, different sources of data input, integration of different types of data; the different types of outputs, etc. Several illustrative examples are given.
TL;DR: The theory underlying faceted classification, how and why it has been taken up so widely, and what benefits it brings to the activity of knowledge organization are examined.
Abstract: The Classification Research Group manifesto of 1955, 'Faceted classification as the basis of all information retrieval', has been at least in part achieved, and there is much evidence of faceted classification influencing a whole range of modern information retrieval tools. This paper examines the theory underlying faceted classification, how and why it has been taken up so widely, and what benefits it brings to the activity of knowledge organization. The role of facet analysis as a general research tool is also considered, and how it compares with other content analysis tools as a means of modelling subject domains.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors tried to provide a picture of the socio-economic status of the students aspiring to become library professionals and assess their professional orientation and their family's support, in a case study confined to the students of Library and Information Science of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and University of Delhi, Delhi.
Abstract: This article attempts to provide a picture of the socio-economic status of the students aspiring to become library professionals. It also tries to assess their professional orientation and their family‟s support. It is a case study confined to the students of Library and Information Science of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and University of Delhi, Delhi.
TL;DR: This study is based on 5,112 author-assigned 'Associated keywords' culled out from 1,238 research papers selected from eleven different journals of physics published by American Institute of Physics by the method of random sampling.
Abstract: This study is based on 5,112 author-assigned 'Associated keywords' culled out from 1,238 research papers selected from eleven different journals of physics published by American Institute of Physics . The research papers from each issue have been chosen by the method of random sampling. All these keywords have been formed from 10,156 single words and/or keywords through 6,718 contextual relationships. The keywords assigned by the respective authors of the concerned articles have only been taken for study, but no keyword was collected from anywhere of any article by either of the Authors of this paper in order to avoid biasness. It has been mathematically established that the formation of 'Associated keywords' from single words and/or keywords depends on contextual relationships exist among different single words and/or keywords. The name given to contextual relationship is 'Alliance potential', and a new parameter has been defined to measure the rate of keyword formation per unit 'Alliance potential'. The name given to this new parameter is 'Associated keyword formation coefficient' or AKFC. This parameter remains constant for a particular journal and varies over different journals. The constancy of AKFC for ten physics journals has been verified and this has been manifested as a characteristic feature of a journal belonging to a specific subject domain.
TL;DR: The analysis reveals that students are absolutely satisfied with the loan of books (circulation) and internet service, however, respondents have a very poor opinion on reservation service and interlibrary loan.
Abstract: Libraries of engineering institutions are prominent information organizations that play vital role in catering to the information needs of the respective institutions. Students of engineering subjects need to update their knowledge through latest information in their respective field of interest which enables them to support their academic needs. How the information needs and seeking behavior of the students' community is steered by the library professionals is indeed a big question. This paper intends to examine the overall information seeking behavior of students of school of computer engineering, KIIT University, India. The analysis reveals that students are absolutely satisfied with the loan of books (circulation) and internet service. However, respondents have a very poor opinion on reservation service and interlibrary loan. Moreover, the paper provides some constructive suggestions for the up-gradation systems and services of the university library.