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This paper conducted a survey to examine the use of social networking sites by the students of KLE's LIngaraj College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India using a random sampling technique. A total of 100 replies were received, 50 from men and 50 from women. The results revealed that both male and female students made extensive use of WhatsApp. The majority of students expected to receive notifications of library activities, OPAC, and newspaper services via online platforms. The findings also show that, while social media is still a relatively new phenomenon, it is becoming an increasingly significant tool for students to communicate and socialize with their classmates. Students are also concerned about security and privacy.

The objective of this paper is to present an experience report on the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) validation service carried out on the Digital Library of Periodicals of the Federal University of Parana (BDP/UFPR). The research methodology was based on bibliographical research where we sought, through the BRAPCI base, to raise an atheoretical framework on the subject in the area of Information Science. The presented results describe the validation service, along with the scientific journals available in the BDP. It is concluded that the DOI validation service with journals enables greater academic visibility of the institution's editions and scientific articles.

This paper raised in the literature the issue of disclosure of information in libraries through the use of the end marketing tool. Objective presenting of the implementation of the dissemination project, called Digital Wall. Methodology sought to describe the research carried out, through bibliographical research in databases at BRAPCI in the area of Information Science. As a result of the research, 10 articles were recovered that served as a theoretical reference for the work. It is concluded that objectives were reached regarding the presentation of the stages of implementation of the Digital Wall and the acceptance of the community.

As an important part of education, the library should accommodate Inclusive Education to ensure quality and equity. This paper examines ten (10) research abstracts and presentations presented at the Virtual International Conference on Library and Information Science (VICLIS) initiated by the SLTC Research University Sri Lanka, under the subtheme "Library Services for People with Special Needs" to explore the tendency of Library & Information science researchers to adapting the inclusive education in libraries. The sample included 25 papers submitted by LIS researchers from 08 countries to VICLIS conferences and after a review process, 10 papers selected from India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka were analyzed using the thematic analysis method. Findings indicated that themes such as accessibility to books, improving reading and writing skills in visually impaired students, challenges faced by differently-abled users, the role of libraries in supporting students with disabilities, repackaging of information individual needs, and availability of assistive technology devices in university libraries were dominant in LIS research. Findings imply that a new theme “Inclusive Library Service” should be incorporated into the library service. LIS researchers have recommended providing Braille books, addressing access to information issues, promoting accessibility in library buildings, implementing the Marrakesh Treaty to support visually impaired students, improving staff awareness and training, and collaborating with relevant organizations. Libraries can play a vital role in empowering users with special needs. Future LIS research should concentrate on assistive technologies, information literacy for differently-abled people, collection development, and professional development needs in libraries to enhance inclusive education.

The Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) of ASEE has been in existence since 1967, and since then, members of this division have been active participants in the programs of the ASEE annual conference. In this survey, we will present a descriptive analysis of articles published in the Proceedings of ASEE. Data was collected from the ELD webpage, the ASEE Proceedings webpage, and from Ei Compendex for the last 40 years (1976-2016). This study is based on bibliometric analysis and includes the use of visualization techniques with Sci2 Tool software. Although it is recognized that publishing policies for the Proceedings by the ELD Division and ASEE have changed throughout the years, this study aims to present an analysis of the papers published during this period.

The current investigation assesses research productivity within the Journal of Family Business Management, employing various bibliometric indicators. A total of 393 scientific publications, spanning the period from 2011 to 2023, were retrieved from the Scopus database through relevant keyword searches. The findings are presented in both tabular and graphical formats. Additionally, the study utilizes the VOSviewer© tool to conduct network visualization, exploring collaboration and relationships among authors, co-authors, countries, institutions, co-occurrence of keywords, and co-citation of cited references in the field of FBM.The results highlight a noticeable upward trend in publication activity over the past 13 years, with 393 scientific publications yielding 4008 citations and an average of 10.69 citations per publication. The United States and the United Kingdom emerge as the most prolific countries in publishing research within the field, while Australia and the United Kingdom produce the highest number of prolific authors. La Trobe Business School, Queen Margaret University, and Niccolò Cusano University are identified as the top three productive organizations contributing to the Journal of Family Business Management.The network visualization analysis further reveals collaborative efforts among authors, countries, and organizations. Co-occurrence of keywords is reported, with terms such as family business, family firms, succession planning, and entrepreneurship standing out as frequently used keywords with significant link strength. These findings provide valuable insights into the landscape of research in family business management.

A descriptive analysis of the Library's contribution to the internationalization of the University is carried out, based on the most significant fields of action indicated by the specialized bibliography: collection management and information resources, support for research and scientific publication, training aimed at the university community and the library staff, collaboration with exchange programs and professional stays, and participation in international projects. It is concluded that the Library has great potential to become an internationalization agent, by including this facet in its strategic planning, turning it into a mission or purpose, becoming a fundamental aspect in the implementation of functions, resources, and services, as well as in the development of processes and procedures.

This paper analyzed the articles published in Journal of Shivaji University. It covers a total number of 74 articles published in 9 volumes of ‘Journal of Shivaji University (Humanities and Social Science, ISSN: 0368-4199) ‘during the period of 2012 to 2019. The study analyzes the documents based on various bibliometric aspects like authorship pattern, Year wise distribution, Language wise distribution and Subject wise distribution of papers. The study carried out for this paper found that majority of papers are single authored.

Exam records are sensitive pieces of data that tell a story of the academic life of an individual while in the University. The study investigates how digital exam records are being preserved for long-term accessibility and use in the Federal University Lokoja. Qualitative research methodology, a case study design alongside a structured interview guide was used to examine the strategies in place to manage and preserve digital exams record for long-term accessibility and utilization. Findings of the study revealed that currently, the SQL backups and hard drives were the present means of storing exam records for long-term preservation. A major gap in the preservation of records at the Federal University Lokoja was the lack of a preservation policy thereof The study, therefore, recommended that a preservation policy be implemented capturing the long-term preservation of records at the University alongside other recommendations.

The characteristics of artificial intelligence and especially machine learning and deep learning are analyzed. From this, the opacity of these algorithms is evident, as well as the need for transparency, explainability and adequate data processing. An in-depth study of text generators, their errors and hallucinations is made, highlighting the problems in errors and in bibliographic references. The impacts and consequences of this situation on the credibility of science are analyzed, thus manifesting the need to arbitrate the reports generated by AI. Some initiatives stand out, such as the work with word embeddings by the Vía Libre Foundation and literacy in AI. Two philosophical reflections by Rafael Capurro and Byung Chul Han on the need for librarians to engage in digital sustainability

This study aims to examine audio-visual OER from National Repositories in India by exploring its utilization patterns and analyze common OER formats. Data was collected from five major national repositories in India. A total of 125 videos were randomly selected, and 25 audio files from the period 2017-2022 were exclusively downloaded from NDLI. Findings revealed a significant collection of audio-visual OER with various formats. The study is limited to selected repositories and sample size, which may limit the generalizability of the findings. Despite these, the findings are valuable. The analysis of audio files indicates that the most common audio format is “MP2/3,” the codec used is “PCM,” the bit rate is “128.0 Kbits/sec,” the duration ranges from 1 to 4 minutes, and the file size varies from 1 to 5 MB.

The article is devoted to determining the current state of project activities on the creation of libraries as components of China’s information infrastructure. In this study we have analyzed the state of project activities in library and information affairs, 15 of the most powerful projects on creating China’s digital infrastructure. It was determined that the project activities of document and information institutions of the People’s Republic of China are built on the basis of NCB (National Competence Baseline) – a national standard that takes into account the cultural aspects of an individual country. It was established: the strategies for deploying project activities are aimed at digitization, joint acquisition and use of information resources, implementation of powerful projects for creating a digital communication environment. Emphasis is placed on the need to strengthen the cognitive component, the formation of branch knowledge networks and the system of service access to them.

This article presents a narrative review of the literature on journal quality. It discusses the emphasis on the impact factor (IF) as a measure of journal quality in scientific publishing and in the scientific evaluation processes. The narrative review is organized into subtopics: IF, broad quality measures, scientific literature indexer criteria, Open Science movement guidelines, and the dimensional approach to quality in which quality items are abstracted into four dimensions. We conclude by pointing out the need to recognize broad aspects of journal quality. Trześniak's four-dimensional model contributes to this, as well as new approaches such as the TOP guidelines of the Open Science movement, and initiatives aimed at transparency and integrity in research.

The aim of this paper is to determine the coverage, format and degree of visibility of the national bibliographies in progress and on the web of the Latin American countries members of the Association of Ibero-American States for the Development of National Libraries of Ibero-America (ABINIA), -excluding Spain and Portugal-. The web pages of national libraries are analyzed and four criteria are proposed (online catalog, current and online national bibliography, online statistics and bibliographic identifiers) with 15 variables. The dissemination of national bibliographies is closely linked to the forms of dissemination of documentary heritage and the legal deposit legislation, which does not always contemplate forms of dissemination. National bibliographies do not necessarily have to be the sole and exclusive product of legal deposit; in many cases, some are the result of a compilation and curation of documents that are not covered by legal deposit. Of all the countries analyzed, half of them have legal deposit dissemination mechanisms included in their legislation, but only four explicitly refer to bibliographies, mentioning them as bibliographies proper, bibliographic yearbook, bibliographic catalog or bibliographic dictionary. However, beyond the legislation, it is clear that it is a function of national libraries to make national documentary production known.

The paper discusses various digital preservation initiatives in India, digital preservation standards and tools and the challenges. Authors concluded that In India, digital preservation development is limited to government organizations and due to the lack of legislation and a national policy on digital Preservation, producers of digital information do not place a premium on conserving digital information.

The paper gives an overview of ICT in libraries and impact of manpower shortage in libraries. Also highlight the problems that arise from lack of manpower and also the problems caused by the lack of manpower in libraries: Authors conclude that the ICT to revamp libraries through HRM is a solution towards the lack of manpower in libraries which leads to reduced availability and accessibility of services, inadequate customer service, and inefficiencies in library operations.

This paper discusses the need for revamping the academic libraries in accordance with change in technologies, educational policies, laws related to education as well as central and state government decisions. The author suggests that the libraries are also expected to bring about a change in their policies, practices, methods, procedures and techniques related to information selection, acquisition, storage, retrieval mechanism, ways of dissemination in order to provide technology based quality services to satisfy the stakeholders.

The present paper dwells upon the public library services rendered at Radhanagari Tahsil, its current status and problems. The key points considered for the analysis are public library services, extension activities, periods of extension activities and the availability of ICT facilities to draw the valid findings. The analysis reveals that CAS services are preferably provided by (66.66 %) of libraries. Most of the libraries carried out extension activities such as book exhibitions and cultural programmes annually. Further, it is noticed that only 17.77% of libraries have the availability of computers.

The effective management of geographical information is essential for many organizations and especially for Map/GIS Libraries which play a crucial role in providing access to a wide range of geographical data (print and digital) and tools for analysis and visualization. However, managing map and GIS collections can be a challenging task for librarians requiring careful consideration of data quality, and metadata interoperability in order to fulfill their purposes. This paper aims to discuss the importance of geographical data and tools management in Map/GIS libraries in providing access to that kind of information. It will explore various topics related to Map/GIS collections including organizing spatial data, creating and maintaining metadata, and ensuring data quality. Significant Map/GIS collections regarding their catalog records will be highlighted. In addition, emerging trends and technologies will be explored. One important topic that the presentation will cover is interoperability achievement through cooperation in the management of geographical information. Overall, the paper intends to provide valuable insights into effective Map/GIS management.

Presentation in CRECS 2015, concerning how data papers and data journals can change the relation of Scientists with data and the way they spread scientific knowledge

Qualis Periódicos, a journal stratification created to evaluate the publication of Brazilian postgraduate programs in a past period, includes only the journals in which faculty published in that period. However, it has been wrongly used to evaluate individuals in the present – faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral students and even graduate candidates. In the Information Science subject area, Qualis excludes the top journals in the Web of Science and Scopus rankings, voiding the value of prospective new articles in these journals. This research aims to better understand these phenomena, analyzing the evolution of journals' Qualis strata between evaluation events of two groups of information science journals: the 12 first in the Scopus and Web of Science rankings in 2017 and the 63 currently active Brazilian journals in BRAPCI. Of the 12 leading Web of Science and Scopus journals, only two were included in any of the three Qualis events on the Sucupira Platform. Journals in BRAPCI vary from event to event, with more advances than declines. There is a clear disincentive to publish in journals that are not included in Qualis, particularly those leading the Web of Science and Scopus rankings. Authors who choose a journal according to Qualis are subject to possible exclusion or decay in Qualis stratum, as well as avoiding the top of the elite rankings.

Qualis Periódicos, a journal stratification created to evaluate the publication of Brazilian postgraduate programs in a past period, includes only the journals in which faculty published in that period. However, it has been wrongly used to evaluate individuals in the present – faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral students and even graduate candidates. In the Information Science subject area, Qualis excludes the top journals in the Web of Science and Scopus rankings, voiding the value of prospective new articles in these journals. This research aims to better understand these phenomena, analyzing the evolution of journals' Qualis strata between evaluation events of two groups of information science journals: the 12 first in the Scopus and Web of Science rankings in 2017 and the 63 currently active Brazilian journals in BRAPCI. Of the 12 leading Web of Science and Scopus journals, only two were included in any of the three Qualis events on the Sucupira Platform. Journals in BRAPCI vary from event to event, with more advances than declines. There is a clear disincentive to publish in journals that are not included in Qualis, particularly those leading the Web of Science and Scopus rankings. Authors who choose a journal according to Qualis are subject to possible exclusion or decay in Qualis stratum, as well as avoiding the top of the elite rankings.

The article discusses the characteristics of automated acquisition module of SOUL 3.0 (Software for University Libraries), the Integrated Library Management System from users perspective. Researchers found that the software facilitates speed in library work, helps to save time with quality service, it is more suitable for library cooperation , collection development, resource sharing and networking etc.

Researchers selected 25 research articles for literature review. Author wise number of citations and h-index of these 25 research articles are analyzed using the SCOPUS database. Total 8 Indian authors and 23 foreign authors are ranked as per their number of citations and h-index. First hypothesis i.e. ‘Number of citations of Indian and foreign authors are different or not equal’ is false and the second hypothesis i.e. ‘h-index of Indian and foreign authors are different or not equal, is true.

Staff is the main resource in public libraries. The sustainability and quality of public library services depend on them, on their training, skills and initiative. In the present study, the evolution of the staff of Spanish public libraries in the decade between 2011 and 2020 is analyzed, in order to obtain a better knowledge of the staff and to serve as a starting point for future studies. Large differences are observed between public libraries depending on the number of inhabitants in their municipality, something that directly affects the staff. Despite the fact that municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants have seven out of ten public library service points, they only have three out of ten full-time equivalent professionals. These service points, and especially those found in municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants, are more vulnerable to adverse economic situations and so is their staff, who have more part-time contracts, a lower level of qualification (at least as recognized in their contracts) and lower salaries on average. As the municipalities increase in population, all these variables improve. In conclusion, it is considered necessary to support municipalities with smaller populations in the maintenance of public libraries and their staff by the provincial, regional and state administrations. On the other hand, it is considered urgent to carry out systematic monitoring in the coming years to identify how the current context affects public library professionals and what aspects need to be improved. Finally, measures are recommended to improve and expand the available data on these professionals in order to guide actions in defense of the profession.

One of the most disruptive aspects of recent library developments is the loss of centrality of the collections, once the heart of the 'Gutenbergian library'. An evolution of the concept of ‘collection’ and of the multiple components interacting in the communication sphere are in progress. These include content quality, market interests, regulatory aspects, the user's role and expectations; at the same time, the agents of knowledge production and the communication chain are redefining their position in an increasingly competitive climate. This paper will try to point out - on the basis of perspectives and experiences emerging from the current international debate - the evolution of the concept of collection (collection, post-collection, smart collection) highlighting the challenges and critical issues that libraries are facing, but also the welcome prospects for wide-ranging collaboration, in an effort to combine current needs, private and public interests, with responsibilities towards our heritage and the future generations.

The rapid technological changes in cartographical applications and information systems favoured the widespread use of geographical information in human’s everyday life. Map/ GIS libraries maintain a variety of materials in print and electronic form while offering a range of services to their users, -experts and/or not - in order to meet their various information needs. The continuous spread of digital cartography along with the complex approaches to the analysis of geospatial data both in academia and in the daily life of the citizens requires ensuring the correct and maximum use of geo-library collections. Additionally, the incorporation of technology and services in the library daily work affect how librarians keep up with the instruction and training they provide to their users. User education and the development of information literacy programs in libraries is not a new concept, but it is a long-standing, and a traditional component of their function. According to ALA (1989) to be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information. The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness amongst librarians in their involvement in user’s education programs and in communicating their geo-collections. The paper examines concepts and definitions related to user education, explores how significant Map/GIS libraries approach information literacy and what methods are used for this achievement to be accomplished. Furthermore, the paper underlines the role of the Map/GIS librarian and the necessary skills that he/she must have in order to successfully fulfil his educational duties.

The discipline of distance education is evolving and becoming mainstream, and this view requires examining research tendencies in the field. Motivated by this justification, it can be argued that understanding distance education to the fullest extent is possible partially through examining changes in theory and practice, as research conducted in the field reflects changes, dynamics, and perspectives. In this regard, the purpose of this paper is to present the research tendencies in doctoral theses in the Turkish higher education context with a specific focus on distance education. In line with this aim, a total of 265 doctoral theses published between 2015 and 2022 were examined through data mining and analytics approaches. The analysis of the titles through t-SNE analysis revealed four broad themes. These are: (1) more emphasis on learning processes; (2) the comparison of online technologies and online learning spaces; (3) a strong focus on educational technologies; and (4) the limitations emerging from comparative studies. The examination of the abstracts through text-mining identified the following themes: (1) the methodological vicious circle, the pursuit of methodological perfection, and lack of critical perspectives; (2) the tendency to use online [educational] technologies; (3) the comparison of distance and face-to-face education; and (4) the design of social interaction and communication in distance education processes. Finally, the analysis of the keywords through word clouds surfaced the following research tendencies: (1) Technology-supported distance education processes; (2) the wide use of educational technologies; (3) focusing on issues related to the learners in distance education. The paper concludes with implications and recommendations for future research directions.

The discussions on the future of cataloging has received increased attention in the last ten years, mainly due to the impact of rapid development of information and communication technologies in the same period, which has provided access to the Web anytime, anywhere. These discussions revolve around the need for a new bibliographic framework to meet the demand of this new reality in the digital environment, ie how libraries can process, store, deliver, share and integrate their collections (physical, digital or scanned), in current post-PC era? Faced with this question, Open Access, Open Source and Open Standards are three concepts that need to receive greater attention in the field of Library and Information Science, as it is believed to be fundamental elements for the change of paradigm of descriptive representation, currently based conceptually on physical item rather than intellectual work. This paper aims to raise and discuss such issues and instigate information professionals, especially librarians, to think, discuss and propose initiatives for such problems, contributing and sharing ideas and possible solutions, in multidisciplinary teams. At the end is suggested the effective creation of multidisciplinary and inter-institutional study groups on the future of cataloging and its impact on national collections, in order to contribute to the area of descriptive representation in national and international level.

This paper presents an experience of participation of undergraduate students in a research activity framed in the R&D project called: "Informative coverage and processes of (dis)information in the uruguayan media", particularly presents some activities made under the project objective to identify, describe, and analyze processes of (dis)information that occur both at the level of traditional media and social networks. To achieve this objective, various activities were carried out, including the one presented here. During the course of the activity. that had an approach of different dimensions, it was facilitated that participating students were in a position to make contact with the proposed methodology for the identification, monitoring and verification of disinformation processes; observe various processes of disinformation in national media and networks; analyze and check the disinformation processes identified and collaborate, through discussion and exchange, in the generation of media and information literacy guidelines. Among the results of the experience, it stands out, the feasibility of developing research activities with the participation of students and that it is a learning instance in itself and, the possibility of integrating university teaching-research functions. Also, the fact that the topic of the project is important for the discipline and must be worked on.

Designing of the information retrieval system is a major technical work to provide relevant information to the information users. Though several databases use text mining technology or keyword-based techniques for abstract or text retrieval but some studies have shown the importance of a figure’s caption search and its parallel retrieval for a better understanding of an article’s contents, especially in biological sciences. In the paper, using the Web of Science database, the efficiency of the processes of assigning the weight value to the technical terms is tested. Finally, the discussion has been made about the importance of analyzing the captions of the objects presented in research articles for providing better services to the scientific community.

The popularity of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been growing both within and outside the Internet, as evidenced by its selection as the word of the year in 2022 by FundéuRAE. Despite its identification as a thinking machine in the collective imagination, AI is a collection of technologies with diverse applications in various fields. In this poster, we provide an approach to AI, its constituent technologies, and their applications. We focus on its applications in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) sector, with a special emphasis on its potential to enhance the work processes and services provided by professionals in these institutions. Despite the significant benefits that AI offers, its adoption may be hindered by various obstacles, including ethical dilemmas and concerns about the impact of AI on the profession. This poster addresses these barriers to adoption, along with ethical dilemmas raised by its use.

Collaboration in research and production of scientific publications is common in all academic areas. The Importance of collaboration in the production of scientific publications in today's complex world where in the age of technology is very apparent. Most of Scientists have realized that in order to get their work wildly used and cited by other experts, they supposed to collaborate together. Scientific cooperation can be considered as a process that during it individuals and groups to research and scientific activities can help each other. Current research aims to survey the rate of collaboration among Semnan University Faculties in production of scientific articles during the 2002- 2009 years. In this research, in addition to survey on quantity amount of Semnan University faculties scientific articles, the amount of their collaboration together and with other domestic and foreign professors were studied. Data were collected through research documents that are publishing by Semnan University annually. Findings indicate that Enigineering College in Semnan University with 316 articles has highlited role in scientific productions in Semnan University. From 316 articles, 69 articles were individual and 247 articles were team. After them, Science College with 157 articles (51 artilces individual and 106 articles team) has second rank.

Inspired by the hypothesis that the diversity of research might decline as a result of new science policy measures we explore the potential of bibliometric measures for analysing the diversity of research at meso- and macro-levels of (national sub-) fields, countries, and organisations. Our aim is to render changes in the diversity of research landscapes measurable and therefore comparable in time series as well as between different countries. We discuss different methodological approaches and some results based on a method that extracts latent themes from bipartite networks of research papers and their cited references by singular value decomposition of the citation matrix.

The discussions on the future of cataloging has received increased attention in the last ten years, mainly due to the impact of rapid development of information and communication technologies in the same period, which has provided access to the Web anytime, anywhere. These discussions revolve around the need for a new bibliographic framework to meet the demand of this new reality in the digital environment, ie how libraries can process, store, deliver, share and integrate their collections (physical, digital or scanned), in current post-PC era? Faced with this question, Open Access, Open Source and Open Standards are three concepts that need to receive greater attention in the field of Library and Information Science, as it is believed to be fundamental elements for the change of paradigm of descriptive representation, currently based conceptually on physical item rather than intellectual work. This paper aims to raise and discuss such issues and instigate information professionals, especially librarians, to think, discuss and propose initiatives for such problems, contributing and sharing ideas and possible solutions, in multidisciplinary teams. At the end is suggested the effective creation of multidisciplinary and interinstitutional study groups on the future of cataloging and its impact on national collections, in order to contribute to the area of descriptive representation in national and international level.

With the advent of globalization, there has been an explosion of information in every sphere of life. Various new electronic gadgets emerged to make information accessible anytime and anywhere. ICT has made our daily lives by profoundly altering our social interactions, affecting our social bonds. As the android smartphone environment has changed the picture of connectivity between people, their engagement with the world has been connected through these small screens. As libraries are service-based institutions for satisfying the information needs of end users through different means. Nowadays libraries are also adapting these different mediums and technologies to cater the information needs of their users efficiently and effectively. This paper will focus on different services provided through smartphones and the use of smartphones for outreach services. The study will raise awareness about the importance of smartphones for implementing various library and information services

This paper discusses the present scenario of mobile communication technology and its future aspects in libraries. Discussed the use of the application of mobile technology by the Libraries in the Covid period and its use in accessing library resources and services through Mobile applications. Mobile SMS Reference Services, Library Marketing are also discussed along with the special services on mobile for disabilities and the advantages of mobile technology in libraries.

This paper is part of our ongoing effort to bring some sanity to the blind march toward DRM technologies. These technologies don't work for stopping copyright infringement - their supposed function - yet they've served as an anti-competitive cudgel, a set of shackles on the public's rights in copyright, and a rubric for censoring and even jailing security researchers. EFF is delighted to be able to get this much-needed reality check before policymakers worldwide as they consider the question: 'Which DRM is best for my country?' Our answer: 'DRM will exact a punishing toll on your national interest and yield no benefit at all.' The paper explores the ways that DRM has harmed the developed world, negatively impacting scientific research, speech, innovation, competition, legitimate consumer interests, access by disabled people, archiving and library functions, and distance education. The paper goes on to examine the risks to the developing world in terms of its potential to curtail the public domain, to criminalize free and open source software projects, to enable region-based discrimination, and to lock local artists, authors, and performers into the monopoly pricing of DRM vendors. DRM has no nexus with promoting culture or stopping infringement. The rent it exacts from the nations it colonizes is too dear for anyone to bear. As you will see, the answer to "Which DRM will spur the most development in my nation?" is "None at all."

This work-in-progress communication contains the papers and materials presented by Winfried Schmitz-Esser and Alexander Sigel in the joint workshop (with Roberto Poli) "Introducing Terminology-based Ontologies" at the 9th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), Vienna, Austria, July 6th, 2006.

This paper analyse the scientometric attributes of the publications that appeared in the Indian Journal of Animal Science, a scientific journal in animal breeding, physiology, nutrition, dairying, animal production and fisheries, etc. from 2015 to 2020. The bibliographic records of publications were retrieved from the Web of Science database and retrieved 1720 research papers. The collected data were analysed by using Web of Science and biblioshiny software. The results revealed that the maximum number of research papers were published during the year 2020 and also received maximum citations in the same year. The research contribution also followed the Lotka’s Law and found that the maximum contribution was given by the researchers of ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly and the highest research publications were from India.

This paper describes an autonomous citation index named CitEc that has been developed by the authors. The system has been tested using a particular type of grey literature: working papers available in the RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) digital library. Both its architecture and performance are analysed in order to determine if the system has the quality required to be used for information retrieval and for the extraction of bibliometric indicators.

The semantic field of the problem of the current applied research "Educational libraries as a subject of designing an educational environment in conditions of digitalization" (2023–2025) was considered in the system of concepts "computer-oriented pedagogical systems", "distance and mixed learning technologies", "digital educational resources and teaching aids" taking into account the methodological foundations of interdisciplinary research.

Study understand the trends and characteristics of marketing in both university central library. Study adopts qualitative analysis methodology focusing on library marketing. Study adopted though the comparison of theme library marketing i) library environment ii) user centric iii) library marketing strategies iv) customer/ user relationship management v) user satisfaction. Comparative study results the library marketing activities of the university and libraries for their products and services.

This work presents a proposal for comprehensive training of the curricular units Reference Service, Specialized Information Sources, Collections’ development and Information Literacy in the Bachelor's Degree in Library Science of the Faculty of Information and Communication. There are several meeting points among these subjects, sometimes identifying cyclical or linking relationships depending on the topic being addressed. Possible synergies included are the reference service and its collection of specialized sources; the management of specialized collections in an area of knowledge; the close link between information literacy and the reference service as a framework for its development. Based on the identification of these links, it is proposed a methodology applied to university teaching of the bachelor’s degree in library science, which allows an integrated formation of the contents. It is expected that this methodology will result in a better understanding of the topics for the student body, obtaining a comprehensive training on the topics.

We approached the topic of typhus as one of the first public health topics in the history of modern science in our country, with presence in the local and international circuit of scientific communication. This event has been studied from the information contained in the paratexts (titles, references, abstract, citations, keywords) of the publications. We assume that, if the analysis is extended to the contents of the texts, it is possible to identify the geography of the objects of study, the forms of institutional organization, the contribution of vaccines and concepts to the international scientific discourse. The aim is to use the above aspects as a way of approaching the formation of the epistemic culture and co-production of knowledge of the typhoid community. With this approach, we analyze the contents of publications on typhus in Mexico during the first half of the 20th century. We employ methodological bibliomining by means of natural language processing techniques and use as categories of analysis human actors (authors) and non-human actors (places/communities, objects of study, types of research, and institutions). Research on the typhoid topic revealed the geography of open research practices, experimental research laboratories using animals as experimental models, vaccine production, and the contribution to the international scientific discourse on the topic.

Ornithology is one of the important branches of modern-day biology and deals with the methodologies and aspects related to the study of birds. This study collected a total number of 2699 keywords extracted from the titles, abstracts, and objects’ captions of 50 top-cited articles from the domain of Ornithology have been linguistically analyzed for this purpose. A total number of 938 subject-specific root words have been obtained from the analysis and also found that they are borrowed from 88 different subjects. Considering the existing theories of mode of formation of subjects in LIS field and viewing the results of the data analysis tables, it is interpreted that ornithology is multidisciplinary in nature and its mode of formation is distillation of Kind-2.

The Covid-19 pandemic was a crisis on a global scale, and it impacted not only our lives but also our understanding of the educational landscape. There were many waves of the pandemic at varying levels and as these waves hit our globe, the way we live and see the world has been changing. Consequently, we entered a time which was called the new normal which required being flexible, resilient, and adaptive. The educational landscape has also been challenged by the waves of the pandemic. The onsite (face-to-face) learning was replaced by online distance learning which was attributed as emergency remote teaching and learning in many cases. As the new normal forced us to change our traditional notions and practices, many higher education institutions adopted blended learning to benefit from opportunities of both modalities, that is, onsite and online learning. In this regard, this study implements a systematic approach to examine papers published in the first two years of the pandemic on blended learning. For this purpose, the study adopts social network analysis and text mining to examine a total of 104 peer-reviewed publications. The initial findings identified four broad themes. Accordingly, these are (1) diversity and confusion in the blended learning terminology, (2) Learning experiences and effectiveness of blended learning practices, (3) technology-dominated and online-mediated blended learning approaches, and (4) blended learning for applied and practical courses. The paper discusses these themes, provides suggestions, and explains implications for future research directions.

An academic research paper evolves through various stages during its lifecycle, for example from early conference presentation through working paper to final published refereed journal article. Different versions can co-exist in publicly available electronic form. Finding out researchers’ attitudes towards storing, labelling and making accessible these different versions, both of their own and of their peers’ work is at the heart of the VERSIONS Project, funded by the JISC under the Digital Repositories Programme. The project addresses the issues and uncertainties relating to versions of academic papers in digital repositories. By including a user requirements study, the project will clarify the needs of researchers and other stakeholders for deposit, storage and accessibility of different versions in the lifecycle of a digital resource. In addition to looking at user needs, the project will analyse researchers’ current practice in terms of retention of author copies of their own material. This investigation into current practice will reveal the extent of available suitable versions for deposit in digital repositories. The user requirements study and the investigation into current practice will feed into a third strand of project activity which will develop a toolkit of guidelines and will propose standards on versions. This activity will be carried out in coordination with the JISC and working with relevant metadata standards, publishing and OAI communities. The project has a focus on eprints in the subject discipline of economics and takes a comparative view by drawing on established partnerships and experience with European libraries specialising in economics.

ReLIS is realtionated with the international tendencies of open archives of scientific Literature, which guarantees its quality, continuity and also extension possibility. ] applies to the philosophy harnessed by the Open Archives Initiative, and of its future products come from that, at the moment are in phase of study on the part of our equipment. OAI develop and promote the interoperability to facilitate the diffusion of contents, to offer the access to e-prints and to increase the communication between the scientific communities.

This paper highlights the importance of conference papers in the scientific communication process. Carried out a citation analysis of 474 (8.52%) conference papers of BARC Scientists and Engineers published during 1999-2007 as per Scopus database. The highest number of papers (117) were published in 2004 and these papers have received the highest (183) number of citations. The average number of papers published per year was 52.66 and the average number of citations per paper was 1.81. Identified highly cited authors and highly cited conference papers. Concludes that conference literature has to be integrated with the databases so as to avoid the missing link in the knowledge development process.