Final PhD Viva defended on11th July 2018 at the Department of Library and Information Science, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Majaraj Nagpur University, Nagpur, MH, India.

1. Department of Library
and Information
Science
Rashtrasant Tukadoji
Maharaj Nagpur
University, Nagpur
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WEB-BASED
SERVICES AND BEST PRACTICES
OFFERED BY TOP UNIVERSITY
LIBRARIES IN THE WORLD AND
“A” GRADE ACCREDITED
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN INDIA
Presented by
Ms. Sangeeta Namdev Dhamdhere
Research Student
Under the Guidance of
Dr. Ramdas Lihitkar
Research Guide
11th July 2018

2. Agenda
The Idea / Topic
Research Methodology
Observations and Results
Conclusions and Future Scope
01
02
03
04
05 Research Output

3. 1.The Idea/Topic

4. The Idea/Topic
Due to open access, e- publishing,
automation, digitization, easy access
to internet and mobile technology,
changing educational patterns, the
demands of readers from libraries are
changing.
Slowly the number of users visiting
libraries in person is
decreasing.
Library website development
was initiated since 1990 and
since then libraries are
improving their websites and
started providing many web-
based services through their
website, blogs and web 2.0
tools and multimedia
technology.
Traditional library services have
transformed into web-based
services using web
technologies.
.
WWW offers libraries the potential for
more revolutionary change.
ICT, Internet, web and mobile
technologies have dramatically
impacted research and library world
in last few years.
In many developed countries
patrons as well as staff work
from home or on the web
with their flexible time table
and more virtual
communities are emerging in
library field.
To cope up with the change libraries
needs to change and adopt new
technologies and web –based services
(Services through web)
The new innovative
tools adopted by
modern libraries at
University levels are
sources of
promoting library
services
using
web 2.0 and
Multimedia technology
to serve the community
in the least possible
time

5. Origin of Research Problem
Universities in India lagging behind in
the World University Rankings due to
their less web presence.
Application of web 2.0 tools,
design, contents and
usability of library website
has been carried out so far
for specific countries or
within the country.
University libraries in
developed countries are
more advanced than Indian
libraries and provides many
web-based services and
best practices to patrons
.
Technology, education
system and users demands
in Indian universities are
changing
.
Web has become a main
tools for scholarly
communication
nowadays
No research covered the university
libraries spread all over the world
evenly and identified more than 20
web-based services and co-related
the university rankings with their
library web-based rankings till 2016
Library websites are virtual
presentation/mirror of
library to the world (2012).

6. Origin of Research Problem
Is there a relationship in between the
quality of the university and their
university library as reflected by its
web-based services?
Universities everywhere try to improve
their quality as reflected in International
Rankings
University libraries everywhere try to
improve their quality by offering more
and better services, often web-based
Ones.

7. Research Objectives
• To know the current status of library services of universities in the world
and India.
• To identify and analyze the web based library services, best practices
and technology used by them.
• To promote web presence and web-based services in Indian university
libraries.
• To correlate the rankings of the world and Indian university with their
library rankings.
• To compare the parameters of NAAC and other bodies of accreditation
and ranking and identify the areas to improve on in Indian libraries.
• To suggest the web-based services and best practices to be followed by
Indian university libraries to change their profiles into more modern
information centers with higher education potential.

8. Hypothesis
By improving the library web-based
services also the general development
status of universities and education in
India will improve
Services offered by university libraries
on their websites reflect the overall
quality of the institution both as a cause
and a consequence
Indian university libraries score much
lower than top world universities in
offering web-based services

9. Chapter Schemes
Chapter – 1: Introduction
Chapter – 2: Review of literature
Chapter - 3: Research methodology
Chapter – 4: Web-based services and best practices offered
by university libraries: an overview
Chapter – 5: A quantitative analysis of library web-based
services related to the university library context
Chapter – 6: Observations, findings, suggestions and
conclusions

10. Review of Literature
Reviewed more than 147 previously published research articles, books,
thesis, other scholarly publications and websites on related topic since1998
to recent 2016.
e-Resources: Google Scholar, Inflibnet N-List Consortia, DOAJ Directory,
Sage Journals, Elsevier Journals, Academia.edu, Indian Journal.com and
Shodh Ganga, etc. platforms
Arranged the resources chronologically on following topics Web , use of
Web in the libraries, library 1.0 to 4.0, library websites, library web-based
services and university accreditation and rankings.
Library websites - 33 studies
Library web-based services- 38 studies

11. 2. Research
Methodology

12. Research Methodology
Survey and quantitative methods with following elements
Identification of a
proper subset of
libraries from the
Globe and India
(Systematic Multistage
convenience sampling
method)
Producing an
inventory of their
websites with the
web-based
services and best
practices offered
there
Clustering the 59
services into groups
by checking them
on each of the library
websites of selected
universities along
with Google and
web 2.0 platform.
• Quantitative
comparison in between
the 2 samples by
groups of services
• Correlations in
between Universities
and their library web-
services rankings

13. The ‘prequel’ :
USA vs. India
A pilot-research to test the
methodology was done with the
Indian and USA-university sample,
analyzing their web-services and
ranking correlation
This research was reported at the
Boston IJAS 2015 conference and
published in : Journal of Teaching
and Education, CD-ROM.
ISSN: 2165-6266 :: 04(02):175–196
(2015)

14. World Sample Universities
Total 70 out of 11999 traditional
universities were selected from
various areas of the World
Total Universities
5 top universities from World,
Brics, Civet, Latin America,
Caribbean, Asia / Pacifico,
Middle East, South East Asia,
Oceania, Europe, Central
Eastern Europe, Africa, North
Africa and Arab World as per
‘Webometric Ranking of World
Universities’
Criteria
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Text
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15. Sample Universities from India
Sample of total 39 out of 53
traditional universities from each
state of India selected
Total Universities
NAAC “A” Grade Universities
with CGPA Score more than 3.0
valid from 2008 to 2016
CriteriaText
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16. Sample of Study
Web-based services and best practices are divided into three parts
Part A
Bibliographical services
Patron education
tools/services
Patron communication
tools/services and
Web-based publishing
platform for patrons
Cluster of 59
Web-based Services
Part B
Online Exhibitions
Virtual Tour
Wikis
Interactive Games,
Puzzles, Movie/Short
films and Other
4 Web-based
Best Practices
Part C
Single Webpage
University Libraries

17. Web-based Services Cluster 1
Bibliographical Services
Bibliographical Services:12
1. Datasets 5. Find a Library 9. New Arrivals
2. Access to Databases 6. Archives/ Digital Collection
/ IR
10. ILL
3. Federated Search/
e-Information Discovery Tools
7. Visual Database 11. e-document Delivery
4. Web OPAC 8. Off Campus Access 12. Book Recommendations

18. Web-based Services Cluster 2
Patron Education Tools/Services
Patron Education Tools/Services: 27
1. News 8. Video Tutorials 15. Help/ User Guides 22. Feedback
2. Upcoming Events 9. YouTube 16. RSS Feeds 23. FAQs
3. Weblogs 10. Service Directory 17. Mobile App 24. Live/ Online Sessions
4. WordPress 11. PPTs/PDFs 18. Live/Online Sessions 25. Library Calendar
5. Instant Chat/Messaging 12. Research Tutorials 19. Prezi (PPT Tool)/
Slideshare
26. Photo Gallery
6. Ask Us 13. Tips for Access and
Use
20. Audio Tutorials 27. Text Instructions
7. Research/Subject guides 14. Newsletter 21. Maps Directions

19. Web-based Services Cluster 3
Patron Communication Tools/Services
Patron Communication Tools/Services: 14
1. Facebook 6. Linkedin 11. Delicious
2. Twitter 7. Flickr 12. Google+
3. Email 8. Pinterest 13. Foursquare
4. Tumblr 9. iTunes 14. Whatsapp
5. Stumbleupon 10. Instagram

20. Web-based Services Cluster 4
Publishing Platforms for Patrons
Publishing Platforms for Patron: 6
1. Open Access Initiatives
2. Platform for Authors and Journals
3. University Records Management
4. Anti-plagiarism Software Access/ Plagiarism Help
5. Citation Tools
6. Coursework

21. Part B: Web-based Best Practices
Highly Sophisticated Specific Services
1. Online Exhibitions
2. Virtual Tour
3. Wikis
4. Interactive Games, Puzzles and Movie/Short Films
And Other Best Practices

22. Part C: Single Webpage Libraries
Single Web Page Libraries Findings
There were few university libraries with single static web page and offering hardly
fewer introductory services like text information, service directory, collection
statistics, contact details etc. are separated in this section
It was found that from India, 12 university libraries had single web pages
through which they reach and interact with patrons. They offered very lesser
web-based services through that web page and do not provide much
details.

23. Limitations of the Study
The information available on the web, i.e. library websites, blogs, Google
and web 2.0 application accounts/logins of selected university libraries
only.
The services offered on intranet or within the campus not covered in this
research unless they provided their existence or information on their
library website or Google.
The study is limited to: web-based bibliographic services, web-based
patron education tools, patron communication tools and web-based
publishing platform for patrons.
Individual library staff’s social network account is not considered for this
study.
The services studied quantitatively, not qualitatively.
The findings and results are based on

24. Chapter 4: Overview of Services
and Best Practices
Overview of Web-Based
Communication Tool: Flickr
Chapter 4 gives an overview of all the web services
and best practices the researcher investigated
and searched. Screenshots of web-based services
and best practices offered by selected sample
University libraries are given as an example

25. Quantitative Data Analysis
Spearman correlation coefficient to correlate the universities and library rankings
For statistical
analysis SPSS
software was
used
Chi-Square test
for checking
statistical
significance of
data
T- Test was
applied for total
services from
each cluster
Cross tables
were created for
service counts
and percentage
of services
offered area-wise
‘World’ and
‘India’
Data Entered in
Excel Sheet

26. Cross-Table :
Example
Cross-Table for one Web-based
Bibliographical Services ‘Access
to Web OPAC’ is given beside
which shows area-wise % count
and total % count within area
Graph shows difference between
world and Indian libraries web
OPAC services

27. Chi Square Test:
Example
Chi Square Test Tables give
• Pearson Chi-Square value and 2-
sided Significance level value
• Continuity Correction
• Likelihood Ratio
for each services and best practices

28. T- Test:
Example
T-Test Tables give
Group Statistics/ Mean of total
clustered services area wise
along with their
significance level value

29. 3.Observations and
Results

30. Percentage of 12 Web-Based
Bibliographical Services
Bibliographical Services Total P-Value World India
Web OPAC 78.00% 0.001 97.10% 43.60%
Access to Databases 78.00% 0.001 91.40% 53.80%
Federated search/e-discovery tools 63.30% 0.001 82.90% 28.20%
Datasets 7.30% 0.509 1.80% 5.50%
Find a library 59.60% 0.001 85.70% 12.80%
Archives/Digital Collections/IR 66.10% 0.001 87.10% 28.20%
Access to Audio/Visual databases 32.10% 0.000 50.00% 0.00%
Off campus access 61.50% 0.001 85.70% 17.90%
New arrivals 34.90% 0.054 41.40% 23.10%
ILL 62.40% 0.001 84.30% 23.10%
e-document Delivery 33.00% 0.001 44.30% 12.80%
Book Recommendations 34.90% 0.001 50.00% 7.70%

31. Average Score of Bibliographical services
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ university libraries

32. T-Test Results for 12 bibliographical services
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ university libraries
The mean difference between
the mean score of web-based
bibliographical services offered
by Indian and world university
libraries was 5.5216. This mean
difference was statistically
significant at 0.05 significance
level (t=10.645, df=107).
This indicates that world
university libraries are offering
total bibliographical services
better than Indian university
libraries.

33. Percentage of 27Web-Based Patron
Communication Tools/Services
Patron Education
Tools/Services
Total p-value World India
News 61.50% 0.001 87.10% 15.40%
Upcoming Events 51.40% 0.001 75.70% 7.70%
Weblog 31.20% 0.001 44.30% 7.70%
WordPress 13.80% 0.002 21.40% 0.00%
Instant Chat/messaging 25.70% 0.001 35.70% 7.70%
Ask Us 71.60% 0.001 95.70% 28.20%
Research/Subject guides 49.50% 0.001 70.00% 12.80%
Video Tutorials 38.50% 0.001 55.70% 7.70%
FAQs 48.60% 0.001 68.60% 12.80%
YouTube 47.70% 0.001 70.00% 7.70%
Service Directory 63.30% 0.001 75.70% 41.00%
PPTs/PDFs/ 66.10% 0.001 84.30% 33.30%
Research Tutorials 40.40% 0.001 58.60% 7.70%

34. Patron Education
Tools/Services
Total p-value World India
Tips for access and use 73.40% 0.001 97.10% 30.80%
Newsletter 27.50% 0.001 42.90% 0.00%
Help/User guides 66.10% 0.001 92.90% 17.90%
RSS Feeds 36.70% 0.001 57.10% 0.00%
Mobile App 32.10% 0.000 48.60% 2.60%
Live/Online Sessions 4.60% 0.088 7.10% 0.00%
Prezi(PPT tool)/Slideshare 26.60% 0.001 41.40% 0.00%
Audio Tutorials 10.10% 0.009 15.70% 0.00%
Maps Directions 45.90% 0.001 58.60% 23.10%
Feedback 45.90% 0.001 62.90% 15.40%
Live/online Videos Library 10.10% 0.009 15.70% 0.00%
Library Calender 68.80% 0.001 87.10% 35.90%
Photo gallery 55.00% 0.164 60.00% 46.20%
Text Instruction 81.70% 0.001 92.90% 61.50%
Percentage of 27 Web-Based Patron
Communication Tools/Services

35. Average Score of Patron Education Tools
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ university libraries

36. T-Test Results for 27 Patron Education Tools
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ University libraries
The mean difference between the
mean score of web-based
patron education services offered
by Indian and world university
libraries was 11.9978. This mean
difference was statistically
significant at 0.05 significance
level (t=11.484, df=107).
This indicates that world
university libraries are offering
total patron education services
much better than Indian
university libraries.

37. Percentage of 14Web-Based Patron
Communication Tools/ServicesPatron Communication Tools/Services Total p-Value World India
Facebook 58.70% 0.001 84.30% 12.80%
Twitter 52.30% 0.001 77.10% 7.70%
Email 71.60% 0.001 90.00% 38.50%
Tumblr 16.50% 0.001 25.70% 0.00%
Stumbleupon 2.80% 0.190 4.30% 0.00%
Linked in 45.90% 0.001 65.70% 10.30%
Flickr 32.10% 0.001 50.00% 0.00%
Pinterest 31.20% 0.001 47.10% 2.60%
iTunes 14.70% 0.001 22.90% 0.00%
Instagram 31.20% 0.001 47.10% 2.60%
Delicious 3.70% 0.128 5.70% 0.00%
Google+ 24.80% 0.000 37.10% 2.60%
Foursquare 22.00% 0.001 34.30% 0.00%
Whatsapp 4.60% 0.840 4.30% 5.10%

38. Average Score of Patron Communication Tools
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ university libraries

39. T-Test Results for Patron Communication Tools
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ university libraries (Out of 14)
The mean difference between the
mean score of web-based patron
communication services offered
by‘Indian’ and ‘world’ university
libraries was 5.1366. This means
the difference was statistically
significant at 0.05 significance
level (t=10.674 df =107).
This indicates that world university
libraries are offering total patron
communication services much
better than Indian university
libraries.

40. Percentage of Cluster 4: 6 Web-Based
Publishing Platforms for Patrons
Publishing Platforms for the
Patrons
Total p-value World India
Open Access Initiatives 57.80% 0.001 81.40% 15.40%
Platform to authors and
journals
41.30% 0.001 62.90% 2.60%
University Records
Management
56.90% 0.001 84.30% 7.70%
Antiplagarism Software
access/help
32.10% 0.018 40.00% 17.90%
Citation Tools 35.80% 0.001 52.90% 5.10%
Coursework 9.20% 0.013 14.30% 0.00%

41. Average Score of Publishing Platforms for the
Patrons
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ University libraries

42. T-Test Results for 6Patron Publishing Platforms
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ university libraries
The mean difference between the
mean score of web-based
publishing platform for patrons
offered by ‘Indian’ and ‘world’
university libraries was 2.8700. This
mean difference was statistically
significant at 0.05 significance
level (t=10.356, df =107).
This is indicated that world
university libraries are offering total
publishing platform and services for
patrons about three times better
than Indian university libraries.

43. Average Score of
Different Web-based Services Clustered
Patron Education 44.21Bibliographical 50.90% Patron Communication
29.44%
Average Score of Web-based Services Clusters
Patron Education 44.21% Publishing Platform
38.85%

44. Average Score of
all 59 web-based services by World and Indian university libraries

45. T-Test Score of
all 59 web-based services by World and Indian university libraries
The mean difference between the
mean score of all web-based
services offered by ‘Indian’ and
‘world’ university libraries was
25.5260. This mean difference
was statistically significant at
0.05 significance levels
(t=12.710 df =107).
This is indicated that world
university libraries are offering a
total web-based services for
patrons better than Indian
university libraries.

46. Percentage of 4 Web-Based
Best Practices
Web-Based Best Practices Total p-value World India
Online Exhibitions 18.30% 0.001 28.60% 0.00%
Virtual Tour 9.20% 0.074 12.90% 2.60%
Wikis 24.80% 0.001 37.10% 2.60%
Interactive Games,
Puzzles, Movies/Short
films
3.70% 0.128 5.70% 0.00%

47. Average Score of Web-Based Best Practices
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ university libraries

48. T-Test Results for 4 Web-Based Best Practices
of ‘world’ and ‘Indian’ university libraries
The mean difference between the
mean score of web-based best
practices conducted by ‘Indian’
and ‘world’ university libraries
was 0.7916. This mean
difference was not statistically
significant at 0.05 significance
levels (t-5.327, df =107).
This is indicated that world
university libraries were
conducting total web-based best
practices better than Indian
university libraries.

49. Correlation Between
University Rankings
and University
Libraries Rankings
World: University rankings and university
library rankings show the Spearman
Correlation Coefficient 0.465 between
them (p=0.001) and therefore we can say
that better universities have better libraries
India: There were no correlation (p= .474)
between university rankings and library
rankings though NAAC has covered
different library services and facilities
under criteria IV.

50. University Rankings Vs Library Rankings
(Web-based Services) Example of India

51. Correlation University-Library
Rankings
25% 30% 15% 35%
 When we consider all web-based services offered by all
109 top world and Indian universities, it is observed that
the top Six world universities, according to ‘Webometric
Ranking of Universities’, i.e. Harvard University, Stanford
University, Cornell University, University of Michigan,
University of California Berkeley and University of
Cambridge are also topping in offering web-based
services. In the World the correlation is very high
 In India the top 6 positions are for resp. Jawaharlal
Nehru University, Tata Institute of Social Science,
University of Hyderabad, Maharishi Dayanand
University, Pondicherry University, and finally North
Eastern Hill University (6th position) in offering web-
based library services. This differs significantly from
their actual NAAC University rankings, so correlation is
low.

52. 5.Conclusions and
Future Scope

53. Conclusion
An inventory of good number of 59 web-based services and 4+ best
practices offered by 109 various top world libraries created by the
researchers.
The findings show a correlation between university rankings and library
web-based services rankings at the international level but not at the
national level for many developing regions of the World..
This inventory will help and give inspiration to all other university
libraries who are looking to initiate and improve their websites and
web-based services. (Annexures)
.
.
• University libraries in developing countries should pay more attention to
their web-based library services, which can help them to increase their
web-presence and get better positions for their patron-universities in the
world ranking systems

54. Suggestions
It is suggested that if Indian university libraries will offer more various web-based
services including research and patron education, communication tools then Indian
universities will also get higher rankings than present rankings in the world ranking
system. Many world university ranking systems see the presence of university on the
web and Google scholar for their research output and libraries plays major role in
initiating open access publishing institutional repository and publications.
Indian Universities should give details of library automation, digital library, e-discovery
softwares, databases subscribed along with all other services on their website.
Also if the libraries are using web 2.0 platforms or social networks for providing
services then the account created should be on their university or library names.
Use of Educational Technologies, Flipped Classroom , Thinglink. Padlet, Screencast-
o- matic, Rubistar, Jeopardy game, Videonot.es, edShelf, Flubaroo, Audacity,
Vocaroo, Video ant, Voicethread, Ted-Ed, Google groups, Surveymonkey.
Libraries can add motivated and trained staff with knowledge of latest technology
.

55. Future Scope
New researcher has scope to study bibliographical and patron
education services in depth using login passwords and to visit
libraries personally and verify the off campus web-based services
A library plays a major role in this and therefore another scope
of study for new researchers is to study how these library web
based services can help to improve the rankings of universities
at global level.
One could envisage evaluating the services also in a qualitative
way, which requires a lot of efforts and careful elaboration of
criteria.
One can search courses offered for library professionals to
become web librarians.

56. 6.Research Output

57. Research Output
Books: 02
Dhamdhere, S (2014). Cloud Computing and Virtualization
Technologies in Libraries. IGI Global, USA, 2014. 1-403.
DOI:10.4018/978-1-4666-4631-5
Smet, Egbert & Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2016). E-discovery
tools and applications in Modern Libraries. IGI Global,
USA. 2016. 1-401. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0474-0

58. Research Output
Journal Articles: 14
1. Dhamdhere Sangeeta (2012).ICT and web technology based innovations in education sector. Turkish
Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE, October 2012 ISSN 1302-6488, 13(4). 256-268.
2. Gunjal, Aparna & Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2013). Application Of Information And Computer Technology In
Libraries. International Journal of Computing, Communications and Networking, 2(1)
3. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta & Lihitkar, Ramdas (2013).Open source software: Boon to Digital Libraries.
Cloud Publications. International Journal of Advanced Library and Information Science, 1(1). 2013, 23-28.
4. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta & Lihitkar, Ramdas(2013). Information common and emerging cloud library
technologies. International Journal of Library and Information Science. Academic Publisher. November
2013; 5(10). ISSN 2141 - 2537, pg. 410 - 416. DOI: 10.5897/IJLIS2013.034
5. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta & Lihitkar, Ramdas (2014). Pilot comparative study and evaluation of services
offered through the websites of selected academic libraries from different countries. Information Age.
8(1). 2014.28-33
6. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta; Smet, Egbert & Lihitkar, Ramdas (2014). ABCD open source software for
managing ETD repositories, Library Management, 35(4/5)
7. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta & Smet, Egbert (2015). The use of web services for patron education and
information by selected top university libraries in USA and India. Journal of Teaching and Education, 4(2),
175–196.

59. Research Output
Journal Articles: 14 Continued
8. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta & Lihitkar, Ramdas (2016). Integrated Information Discovery Tools in Indian
Libraries: A Case Study. Dnyanmay:A Multi Disciplinary Peer Reviewed Research Journal .I(3). December
2015-February 2016,17-25.
9. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2016). Flipped Classroom for Educating Library Patrons Online: A Case Study.
International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science, 3(8), 2016.1-21
10. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta; Smet, Egbert & Lihitkar, Ramdas (2017). Web-Based Bibliographic Services
Offered by Top World and Indian University Libraries: A Comparative Study. International Journal of Library
and Information Services, 6(1). 20.
11.Dhamdhere, Sangeeta & Smet, Egbert (2017). Universities and their Web-Based Library Services: A
Study of their Relationship. Humanities and Social Sciences Reviews.7(1), pg.61-74.
12. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta; Smet, Egbert & Lihitkar, Ramdas (2018). Web-based best practices offered by
top university libraries in the world versus university libraries accredited with "A" grade in India: a comparative
study. International Journal of Library Science.16(6). 2018.20-32.
13. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2018). Cumulative citations index, h-index and i10-index (research metrics) of an
educational institute: A case study. International Journal of Library and Information Science, 10(1), pg.1-9.
14. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2018). Guest Editorial Preface. Special Issue on Digital Archives and Innovative
Services. International Journal of Library and Information, 7(1), 2018, iv-vi.

60. Research Output
Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries:07
1. Dhamdhere, S. N. and Lihitkar, R. (2014). The University Cloud Library Model and the Role of the Cloud
Librarian. In S. Dhamdhere (Ed.), Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries (pg. 150-
161). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.
2. Goovaerts, Marc; Nieuwenhuysen, Paul & Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2016). VLIR-UOS Workshop ‘E-Info
Discovery and Management for Institutes in the South': Presentations and Conclusions, Antwerp, 8-19
December, 2014. E-Discovery Tools and Applications in Modern Libraries. IGI Global.2016.1-40.
3. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta & Ramdas Lihitkar (2016). Commercial and Open Access Integrated Information
Search Tools in Indian Libraries. E-Discovery Tools and Applications in Modern Libraries. IGI Global.2016.
41-55.
4. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2016). Florida Virtual School. Sage Encyclopedia of Online Education. Pub. 2016
,SAGE Publications, Inc,Thousand Oaks, 2016. 489-490
5. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2016). Textbook Websites. Sage Encyclopedia of Online Education. Pub.
2016,SAGE Publications, Inc. Thousand Oaks. pg.1126
6. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta & Danver, Steven (2016). Massive Open Online Courses. Sage Encyclopedia of
Online Education. Pub. 2016. SAGE Publications, Inc. Thousand Oaks, 716-719
7. Dhamdhere, Sangeeta & Danver, Steven L (2016). Videoconferencing. Sage Encyclopedia of Online
Education. Pub. 2016. SAGE Publications, Inc. Thousand Oaks,1163-1164

61. Research Output
Papers/Poster presented and accepted at International Conferences
Paper Presented : 05
Dhamdhere, Sangeeta; Smet, Egbert & Lihitkar, Ramdas(2013). ABCD open source software for managing ETD repositories. Paper
presented at 16th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations ETD 2013 organized by Hongkong University Libraries,
Hong Kong between 22nd September to 26th September.
Dhamdhere,Sangeeta and Smet, Egbert De (2015). "Study of use of web and cloud technology for providing services and educating patrons
by selected top traditional university libraries in USA and India". Paper presented at annual International conference at the Joseph B. Martin
Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts, from 26 to 30 May 2015.
Dhamdhere,Sangeeta (2017). "Universities should pay attention to their library web-based services to place higher in World ranking systems".
Paper accepted and Presented at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences International Conference on Education going to be held from
22 to 26 May 2017at Harvard Medical School, 77, Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts
Dhamdhere,Sangeeta (2017). " A quantitative analysis of library web-services and their rankings related to the universities context".
Abstract accepted and presented at 9th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference during 23-26 May 2017 held
at The Savoy Hotel, Limerick city, Ireland.
Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2017). Impact of Innovations in Education on Rankings of Indian Universities. 10th National and International
Award Conference. Samata Sahiya Academy. Goa. 29th May 2017. pp.42-45.
Paper accepted: 01
Dhamdhere, Sangeeta; Smet, Egbert and Lihitkar, Ramdas (2017). "Ranking of world universities correlates with their library rankings".
Paper accepted at 6th International Conference on Educational and Information Technology (ICEIT 2017) to be held during March 7-10, 2017
in Cambridge, UK at Clare College.
Poster Presentation: 01
Dhamdhere, Sangeeta (2018). Presented Works-in-Progress poster on "Flipped Classroom to Teach Web-Based Services Offered by
Libraries to LIS Students" at the International Conference of Association of Library and Information Science Education held on 5th to 9th
February 2018 at Westminster, Colorado, USA.

62. Acknowledgement
1. Co-Guide: Dr. Egbert De Smet, Head, LIS
Antwerp University, Belgium
2. Statistical Analysis: Dr. Deepak Shendkar
Modern College, Pune 16
3. Infrastructure Facility: College Authorities
P.E.Society, Pune
4. Support: Head, LIS, RTM Nagpur University
5. Constant Motivation and Help:
My Parents, Relatives and Well Wishers

63. Thank you
Ms. Sangeeta N Dhamdhere

64. Open for the
Discussion