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  • Usage of e-Theses in Agricultural Libraries of Northern India
    International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology, 2019
    Co-Authors: Nazir Ahmad Bhat
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    The study has been conducted with a purpose to see the availability of e-theses collections across Agricultural Libraries of northern India; work out the proportion of users for each of the e-theses collection and make an assessment about the satisfaction level of users about availability and adequacy of e-theses. Seven sampled universities were surveyed personally by the investigator for collecting data about the questions under investigation. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The investigator also availed of the telephonic & e-mail communication and had a face to face interaction with respondents to collect prompt response, substantiate the responses and remove ambiguities thereof. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to make an analysis of the data on an empirical basis. Chi-Squared (?2) Test has been used to derive association between the variables and test the level of significance. The Agricultural Libraries of northern India are not seen to subscribe to any e-theses collection of international coverage and all seem to rely on 'KrishiPrabha', the free of cost Indian Agricultural Doctoral Dissertations Repository. Only SKUAST-K and CSKHPKV have developed their institutional repositories; whereas it is only SKUAST-K & SKUAST-J which participated in a state level e-theses initiative. The set of freely available etheses under investigation are not used to a desirable magnitude as only KrishiPrabha is used by a maximum number of users (42.08%) and 30.10% do not use any of them at all. Majority of users (53.10%) use a single e-theses collection, while only 16.80% use a combination of more than one e-theses collection to meet their requirement. Though the majority of respondents (60.33%) are satisfied with the availability & adequacy of e-theses collections; the level of their satisfaction in this regard is below the moderate level (x=3.54).

  • Collection development procedure adopted for acquisition of EIRs across Agricultural Libraries of northern India
    Collection and Curation, 2018
    Co-Authors: Nazir Ahmad Bhat, Shabir Ahmad Ganaie
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    Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the change(s) brought about by the advent of electronic information resources in the overall collection development process across Agricultural Libraries of northern India. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted in 2015 by using a questionnaire as a data collection tool. The investigator also interacted with the librarians through telephone and also availed the e-mail service for required correspondence. Findings There is a major change in the identification, selection and acquisition procedures across Agricultural Libraries of northern India, as the majority of these Libraries are seen to adhere to an onsite demo of products and services, as the publishers/vendors to set online trial for ample of time before any decision is taken. The Libraries are also seen to take advantage of e-mail correspondence to identify, select and acquire best possible information products against utmost economical costs. The responsibility of identifying and selecting the required items devolves mainly with scientists/subject experts, whereas the requisitions of students and suggestions of library staff are comparatively taken as lesser cognisance, while executing this job Library advisory committee is the most prominent authority responsible for final approval of the purchase of e-resources, while “Heads of Divisions” also play a considerable role in this regard. Research limitations/implications Only seven Agricultural Libraries have been taken as a sample. Moreover, the work is confined to only four aspects, i.e. the identification, selection and acquisition procedures adopted and the authorities responsible for carrying out the job. Other aspects like that of adoption of proper collection development; policy and the criteria used for selection; and acquisition of information also need to be studied. Similar studies need to be conducted in other parts of India and also across Libraries of other domains of knowledge. Originality/value This is a first work of its nature in northern India with its domain as Agricultural Libraries. The findings will help the librarians and the library advisory committees to decide on logical grounds about the identification, selection and acquisition procedures adopted at present and look forward for bringing about the uniformity and improvement in the process and make changes in the policy to make room for efficient acquisition of information resources.

  • Engagement of users with e-resources across Agricultural Libraries of Northern India
    Library Management, 2018
    Co-Authors: Nazir Ahmad Bhat
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    Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the frequency at which the users of Agricultural Libraries of Northern India tend to use the e-resources and explore the time they invest on average in a day in using e-resources. An effort has also been made to examine the state wise, university wise and user category wise tendency w.r.t. the frequency at which they use e-resources and the average time in a day they spend on their use. Design/methodology/approach A survey was adopted to conduct the study and a questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The investigator also interacted with the librarians through telephone and also resorted to the e-mail communication to substantiate the responses and seek certain clarifications thereof. Statistical Package for Social Science was used to analyse the data on an empirical basis. χ2 test was used to derive an association between the variables and test the level of significance thereof. Findings It is found that the users of North Indian Agricultural Libraries have got a great tendency to use e-resources as majority of them are seen to use them “daily” and “2-3 times a week”. They prove to be voracious, prudent and sensible users in the sense that they spend 2 hrs in a day, 1 hr in a day and even 3 hrs in a day on usage of e-resources and thus go at par with the use pattern recorded in other domains of knowledge across India. No remarkable difference is witnessed among different categories of users w.r.t. frequency of use and the time spend on use of e-resources. Research limitations/implications This study has been conducted on e-resources only. Response to a similar set of questions need to be collected from the same library users to consolidate the facts about the print form of information and thus carryout a comparative study. Originality/value This is first work of its nature in Northern India with domain as Agricultural Libraries. The outcome of the study will enable the librarians to judiciously decide about the proportion at which the two formats of information resources need to be acquired and the facilities the Libraries need to create for adequate, smooth and reliable access to two formats of information.

  • Assessment of user preference to information resources in Agricultural Libraries in north India
    2018
    Co-Authors: Nazir Ahmad Bhat, Shabir Ahmad Ganaie
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    Through a survey, this study assesses the preference of users with regard to print and electronic information resources in Agricultural Libraries of north India and to identify the preferred mode of access thereof. The required data were collected, employing questionnaires and through telephonic surveys. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used for analysing the data. The level of association between the user preference and the corresponding variable was derived throughChi Squared (χ2) Test. It is found that the users of Agricultural Libraries in north India use information resources almost equally both in print and electronic forms, although online resources are favored over print as they are ‘easy to search and retrieve’, ‘easy and quick to access’ and ‘more up-to-date’ than their print counterparts.

  • Preferential Places and Gadgets for Accessing e-resources in Agricultural Libraries of Northern India
    2017
    Co-Authors: Nazir Ahmad Bhat, Shabir Ahmad Ganaie
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    Purpose: The study was conducted to assess the preference of the places and gadgets with respect to the use electronic information resources (EIRs). Design/methodology/approach: Using qquestionnaire as data collection tool, seven sampled universities were surveyed personally. Face to face interaction was also made with respondents to substantiate the responses and remove ambiguities thereof. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to make analysis of the data on empirical basis. Findings: ‘Place of work’ viz. department & office chamber and ‘residence’ viz. hostel and home prove to be most popular places to access EIR’s. A good proportion of users access EIRs from library also. Majority of the users prefer to use e-resources via laptop, but smart phones and desktops are also used by a good number of users. The newly emerged devices, i.e. ‘tablets’ and ‘e-book readers’ are not much popular. Research limitations: Study has been conducted on e-resources only. Response to a similar set of questions need to be collected from same library users to consolidate the facts about print form of information and thus carryout a comparative study. Originality/value: This is first work of its nature in Northern India with domain as Agricultural Libraries. The outcome of the study may provide a thought for the librarians to facilitate adequate, smooth and reliable access to EIRs from places of work and residence and strengthen browsing opportunities and Internet connectivity. Keywords: Electronic information resources (EIRs); Electronic resources; Electronic gadgets; Smart phones; Tablets and e-book readers; Northern India-Agricultural Libraries Paper type: Research Article

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  • CCTA - A Model for Personalized Information Services of Agricultural Library Based on Multi-agent
    Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture VIII, 2015
    Co-Authors: Xie Meiling
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    To realize the needs of the Agricultural university’s library information services, and to improve the situation that it is inconvenient for readers to access the resources in traditional Libraries, On the basis of the traditional agent model, a multi-agent model was proposed and the personalized information service model was built. The information queried by the users was used as the sample, and the classification algorithm was introduced to classify the pages. The semantic-based user model was built according to preferences of the user’s query and browsing. The main function modules of the model were designed, which included the update method of concepts and the update method of concept weights. Results of this paper are useful for further enhancing the level of intelligence service of Agricultural Libraries.

  • A Model for Personalized Information Services of Agricultural Library Based on Multi-agent
    2015
    Co-Authors: Xie Meiling
    Abstract:

    To realize the needs of the Agricultural university’s library information services, and to improve the situation that it is inconvenient for readers to access the resources in traditional Libraries, On the basis of the traditional agent model, a multi-agent model was proposed and the personalized information service model was built. The information queried by the users was used as the sample, and the classification algorithm was introduced to classify the pages. The semantic-based user model was built according to preferences of the user’s query and browsing. The main function modules of the model were designed, which included the update method of concepts and the update method of concept weights. Results of this paper are useful for further enhancing the level of intelligence service of Agricultural Libraries.

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