Use of Internet services and resources in the engineering colleges of Punjab and Haryana (India): A study

This article reports a survey on the use of Internet services and resources in the engineering colleges of Punjab and Haryana states of India. Data were collected by using a questionnaire and follow-up interviews with Internet users, i.e. teachers and students of engineering colleges. The response rate was 80.8%. Results showed that all the respondents make frequent use of the Internet because they have access either at college or at home. The survey revealed that the majority of the respondents, i.e. 65.6%, access the Internet from college or their workplace. More than 75% of the respondents use the Internet services mainly for educational and research purposes. Google and Yahoo search engines are found to be more widely used than other search engines. More than 70% of the respondents feel that the Internet is useful, informative, easy to use, inexpensive and time saving.     

Digital infrastructure and attitudes towards access and sharing: A case study of selected engineering libraries in the Maharashtra state of India

This article includes a brief profile of selected engineering libraries in Maharashtra state of India and discusses salient issues related to strategic cooperation and consortia, with particular focus on the current situation. It examines the structural, financial and technical factors that have compelled the academic libraries to think about the formation of statewide consortia. The author surveyed forty-nine libraries to get an idea about the current status and explored the possibilities of forming regional consortia with a mission to enhance access to information and knowledge through cooperation for benefit of the engineering communities. The focus is on librarians' perceptions/opinion on the formation of state level consortia; ICT infrastructure; users' needs; collection development policies and the services provided by engineering libraries to the community.     

高校图书馆网络资源利用教育的调研

通过对8所不同层次高校图书馆的网上调查,对目前我国网络资源利用教育的课程组织形式、课程内容（教材）、教育对象等方面作一些比较研究,并提出若干建议。     

互联网对高校图书馆的影响分析

当前我国高校图书馆数字化建设较普遍地存在着简单化、片而化、邢论民现实脱节等误区,根源在于对互联网对高校图书馆的影响缺乏全面认知。文章结合互联网和高校馆实际,对这一问题进行了较深入的分析。     

浅谈网络资源在文献翻译中的利用

介绍了在线词典、翻译软件及搜索引擎等网络资源在文献翻译中的利用情况,并指出网络资源在提高翻译效率的同时也有其不足之处。     

Use of electronic journals in astronomy and astrophysics libraries and information centres in India: A users' perspective

The purpose of this study was to create a substantial body of knowledge about the factors that influence the success of electronic journals, and to share this knowledge with that in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics in order to help facilitate change.

Structured questionnaires for users (Academic Members, Post-Doctoral Fellows and Research Scholars) containing 40 different questions, many of which were further subdivided and framed in order to get information on various aspects of the usage of electronic journals. The purpose was to identify the basic minimum infrastructure necessary to provide users access to electronic journals and to facilitate easy response in all major A&A organizations in India.

The increasing use of the electronic information-seeking environment has produced changes in the practice of science. Significant research has been conducted already on the impact of new information and communication technologies on scholarly work.

This study was limited to astronomy and astrophysics libraries and information centres in India.

This paper identifies the information needs of the users. Each community and discipline has its own specific legacy of journal structure, reading, publishing, and researching practices, and it will take trial and error to establish which kinds of e-journals are the most effective and useful.

Case study.     

谈高校图书馆利用网络化为企业提供信息服务的有效途径

就网络化信息资源，阐述了高校图书馆为企业提供信息服务的可能性及在提供信息服务过程中应抓的几项工作。     

Academics' attitudes towards use of electronic journals: A case study of Punjab and Chandigarh

The article examines academics attitude towards e-journal use. A well structured questionnaire was designed to elicit the opinions of the users. Responses were gathered from 542 faculty members of five universities. The results of the study showed that the characteristics that affect the choice of e-format over print in order of preference are ‘faster access’, ‘available from desktop’, ‘convenience’, ‘remote access’, ‘timeliness’, ‘available at all times’, ‘hyperlinks’, ‘multi-user access’, ‘currency of information’, ‘inclusion of audio–video material’, ‘interactivity’ and ‘animation of graphics’. The characteristics that affect the choice of print format over electronic in order of priority are ‘physical comfort’, ‘portability’, ‘ability to underline’, ‘familiarity with format’ and ‘ability to browse’. A majority of the teachers use e-journals for ‘research’, ‘teaching’, ‘writing reports’, ‘current awareness’, ‘background research’ and ‘internal/external presentations’. The problems faced in accessing e-journals are ‘access difficulties’, ‘discomfort of reading from computer screen’, ‘lack of IT knowledge/skill’, ‘information overload’ etc. A majority of the teachers want future e-journals to have features such as ‘full text index of every article’, ‘searching capability across a wide range of journal articles’, ‘searching capability within an article, display relationship between a wide range of works’ and ‘links to multimedia files’, etc. On the basis of the findings, some suggestions are made for maximizing the use of e-journals.     

我国高校图书馆数字资源研究综述

文章在文献调研的基础上,概述我国高校图书馆数字资源研究的主要成果,从数字资源的建设现状及发展对策、数字资源的利用、数字资源的联盟采购及共建共享等六个方面进行了简要的述评和总结,对今后我国高校图书馆数字资源研究发展提出若干建议。     

国外青少年网络利用及图书馆青少年服务研究译介

美国青少年图书馆服务学会 （Young Adult Librairy Services Association,简写为 YALSA）研究委员会于2006年发布了《青少年服务的最新研究（Current Research Related to Young Adult Services, 2000-2005： A Supplement）。文章选译了该文献中的部分内容,对国外青少年网络利用及图书馆青少年服务的研究进展作了简要梳理和介绍。     

Use of social networking in a linguistically and culturally rich India

Besides highlighting the uses and problems related to social networking, the paper reveals its impact on the linguistically and culturally rich India. It also describes some of the top Indian social networking sites and pinpoints some instances where people have used such sites to raise their voice against the bad elements harming their culture.     

Use of social networking in a linguistically and culturally rich India

Besides highlighting the uses and problems related to social networking, the paper reveals its impact on the linguistically and culturally rich India. It also describes some of the top Indian social networking sites and pinpoints some instances where people have used such sites to raise their voice against the bad elements harming their culture.     

Surveying scholars’ perceptions of electronic environments: A case study of university libraries in Kerala (India)

This study was conducted to investigate research scholars’ perceptions of the information sources, services and infrastructures in university libraries in Kerala. A survey questionnaire was sent to research scholars working in four universities. The study revealed that the organization of resources and services in university libraries is not fully oriented towards supporting the process of research, and scholars were not satisfied with existing primary resources and personalized services. The study provides recommendations to enhance research-oriented library resources and services.     

因特网上就业信息资源分析

为毕业生提供就业信息咨询是高校图书馆的重要服务内容之一.文章对目前因特网上的就业信息源进行了介绍和分析,并就如何利用这类信息提出自己的见解.     

论高校图书馆的信息资源建设

文章着重论述传统文献资源与网络信息资源在高校教学和科研中的作用,阐明了两者是相互补充的一个整体.     

“90后”手机移动互联网使用情况调查研究——以上海大学学生为例

[目的/意义]针对互联网时代的热点--"90后"与移动互联网,考察"90后"大学生的移动互联网使用行为规律,为电信运营商、终端厂商、传统互联网企业以及移动互联网服务提供商等产业链各方,提供参考依据与战略支持。[方法/过程]采用线上问卷和线下访谈相结合的方法收集数据,运用SPSS 17.0和Clemintine 12.0对数据进行整理分析。[结果/结论]分析结果显示,"90后"的移动互联网使用具有统一性和差异性并存、品牌年轻化、使用场景分散和多屏联动等特征。     

Harnessing the online resources: A case study of ScienceDirect in India

E-mail-alerting system of online databases is a new trend catching up fast with researchers. Results of auto-run set queries are informed through e-mails as ‘alerts’ to the registered user. Even though e-mail-alerting systems are quite popular amongst Internet users, their inherent advantages remain unexplored in the Indian scenario. An effort to explore all such features available in the ScienceDirect online database has been made in this paper. The process of registration for activating e-mail alerts, customizing a home page, selecting favorite journals, search alerts, journal issue alerts, citation alerts and search history are briefed with screen shot examples. The study emphasizes the fact that librarians and information Science professionals should take lead roles in unveiling all such possible features available in various online databases. They should also make efforts at informing the user community of the utility of such features in a bid to enhance the research output.     

Harnessing the online resources: A case study of ScienceDirect in India

E-mail-alerting system of online databases is a new trend catching up fast with researchers. Results of auto-run set queries are informed through e-mails as ‘alerts’ to the registered user. Even though e-mail-alerting systems are quite popular amongst Internet users, their inherent advantages remain unexplored in the Indian scenario. An effort to explore all such features available in the ScienceDirect online database has been made in this paper. The process of registration for activating e-mail alerts, customizing a home page, selecting favorite journals, search alerts, journal issue alerts, citation alerts and search history are briefed with screen shot examples. The study emphasizes the fact that librarians and information Science professionals should take lead roles in unveiling all such possible features available in various online databases. They should also make efforts at informing the user community of the utility of such features in a bid to enhance the research output.