‘Librarian identity’ is a contested arena, seemingly caught up in a values-war between traditional principles of ‘citizenship’ and late 20th century’s shift to a democracy of consumerists. New prof...

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Physical bibliography for librarians

Locating librarianship’s identity in its historical roots of professional philosophies: towards a radical new identity for librarians of today (and tomorrow):

This is the first part of a study on the classification of phenomena. It starts by addressing the status of classification schemes among knowledge organization systems (KOSs), as some features of them have been overlooked in recent reviews of KOS types. It then considers the different dimensions implied in a KOS, which include: the observed phenomena, the cultural and disciplinary perspective under which they are treated, the features of documents carrying such treatment, the collections of such documents as managed in libraries, archives or museums, the information needs prompting to search and use these collections and the people experiencing such different information needs. Until now, most library classification schemes have given priority to the perspective dimension as they first list disciplines. However, an increasing number of voices are now considering the possibility of classification schemes giving priority to phenomena as advocated in the León Manifesto. Although these schemes first list phenomena as their main classes, they can as well express perspective or the other relevant dimensions that occur in a classified item. The independence of a phenomenon-based classification from the institutional divisions into disciplines contributes to giving knowledge organization a more proactive and influential role. Received: 15 February 2016; Revised: 18 April 2016; Accepted: 2 May 2016

Classifying Phenomena Part 1: Dimensions

Information is all around us and next to matter and energy it is the most important and common entity in this world. It moves the world. Being a much over used term it is least understood and there is no consensual definition of it. But its properties are numerous and well recognized. It keeps moving a system be it bio, astro, social or mechanical. For an animal it is the product of being conscious. It is formed through sense perception in the brain but needs a physical media for its recording and communication. It is recorded as graphic visuals or electrical pulses or electromagnetic waves both in audio and visual forms. The article enumerates its various physical, economic, political and social properties and functions. Information has become a great and inexhaustible resource in national development. To live effectively is to live with authentic and adequate information. But it needs knowledge for its effective application. Without knowledge, information may be all heat and smoke without any light. The article emphasises that information literacy is instrumental in empowering citizens in this complex and sophisticated social world.

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Information: Nature, importance and functions

The paper focuses on doctoral dissertation in the English subject awarded by the universities of Maharastra. It is a kind of bibliographic study of the same. It aims to bring in light the valuable doctoral research work carried out in the subject of English. It studies bibliography of the Doctoral dissertations in the subject of English of different universities and compare them. It tries to find out which university has more numbers of awarded Doctoral dissertations in the subject of English. It tries to find out which university has more numbers of Doctoral guides in the subject of English. It tries to find out the number of Doctoral dissertations in the subject of English awarded by the universities. It tries to find out which academic year was the most fruitful for the research in the subject of English. It will provide a status of doctoral researches in English subject in Maharastra.

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Doctoral Dissertations in English Subject Awarded by the Universities of Maharashtra: A Bibliographic Study

A good question that every teacher should ask himself is "What are the skills, the competencies, the knowledge that I can pass to a student to let him have the best success in his professional life?" 
While this question is quite easy to answer with respect to certain professions, like the doctor, the lawyer, the engineer, when it comes to the librarian - and to archivists and museum workers as well - things get complicated as libraries are experiencing an identity crisis.

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Locating librarianship’s identity in its historical roots of professional philosophies: towards a radical new identity for librarians of today (and tomorrow):

Classifying Phenomena Part 1: Dimensions

Information: Nature, importance and functions

Doctoral Dissertations in English Subject Awarded by the Universities of Maharashtra: A Bibliographic Study

Musei Archivi e Biblioteche: valori comuni, percorsi condivisi