Proceedings of the International Conference on Next Generation Libraries - 2019 (NGL-2019), India, December 12-14, 2019

Empowering Library Professionals to Empower Society (ELPES) - Series-7
Proceedings of the
International Conference on Next Generation Libraries-
2019 (NGL-2019)
New Trends & Technologies,
Collaboration & Community Engagement,
Future Librarianship, Library Spaces & Services
December 12-14, 2019 | TIIR Auditorium | NIT Rourkela, India
Organized by Supported by
Biju Patnaik Central Library,
National Institute of Technology,
Rourkela, India
Government of India
Ministry of Science and
Technology
Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research
ICSSR
Ministry of
Human Resource
Development
Science and Engineering
Research Board (SERB)
Department of Science &
Technology,
Government of India
in association with
SLA-Asia United Nations,
India
IFLA-Asia
and Oceania
Edited by
Bhojaraju Gunjal
Kshirod Das
D.K. Pradhan
V.K.Mishra
P.Mishra
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National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
(Institute of National Importance under Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India)
BIJU PATNAIK CENTRAL LIBRARY

About ELPES:
"Empowering Library Professionals to Empower Society (ELPES)" is an initiative taken by
Biju Patnaik Central Library for extending maximum co-operation and co-ordination among
libraries & library professionals to strengthen and also to learn new trends and techniques in
the field of Library & Information Science. The discussion started in the year 2013 while
BPCL was about to conduct "National Workshop on Library Automation (Koha), Data
Migration and Content Management System (Joomla): Challenges & Prospects". BPCL
successfully conducted on May 2-5, 2014, the aforesaid workshop under the Series
"Empowering Library Professionals to Empower Society-1 (ELPES-1).
This International conference is designed in continuation of the series with the title
International Conference on Next Generation Libraries-2019 (NGL-2019) on New Trends &
Technologies, Collaboration & Community Engagement, Future Librarianship, Library
Spaces & Services during December 12-14, 2019 at National Institute of Technology,
Rourkela, India under ELPES-7 with the same objectives.
About the Host:
Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL) of NIT Rourkela, named after the legendary industrialist
and statesman, and the founding Chairman of Board of Governors of REC Rourkela, is
functioning since 1965. It acts as main learning resource center of the institute, which
constitutes robust collections in both print and electronic resources. It presently holds over
84,000+ books, 79 print journals, 28 e-resources (full text + numerical databases) which
provide access to over five thousand five hundred titles of serials including archive collections
and around 18,000 back volumes of periodicals. The library has purchased license to access
online Science and Technology, Management, Humanities & Social Sciences journals along
with few provided by e-Shodh Sindhu consortium to support teaching and research activities
by faculty, students and research scholars. The library also has a rich collection of IS codes,
educational video courses and audio-visual materials.
The library caters to the educational and research needs of the academic community and its
resources consulted by scholars from all over the country. The BPCL also possess many ISI
codes, educational video courses &cassettes and CD-ROM etc. The library is fully automated
by using Libsys, Koha and RFID technologies for transactions & securities. The library also
implemented various state-of-the-art technology and initiatives such as Liaison Program,
Research Support, etc. Library has Institutional Repository, Thesis Repository for scholarly
content of the institution by using e-prints, D Space, Greenstone& other open source
technologies. This library is also associated with non-profit project Open Access Odiya Books
(OAOB) to digitize, archive and disseminate old, rare and new literary works written in Odiya
language.
For more details refer http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/

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National Institute of Technology
Rourkela-769008
Prof. Animesh Biswas
Director
Director’s Message
In this age of digital information, it has been shown that there is a drastic change in user demands
which needed to support the teaching, learning, and research activities of the library profession. The
desire for physical library collections is in decline. Even though there is high demand for internet
access and allied resources, there are certain user categories like traditional resources and demand for
the physical space in the library. In such conditions, libraries may reconsider their current spaces and
future renovations to reflect these usage trends to meet the changing requirements of the user
community. In this scenario certain issues and challenges faced in these areas need to be address with
proper solution.
This present International Conference on Next-Generation Libraries (NGL-2019) will provide an ideal
platform to the librarians, library and computer professionals, and scientists from various fields,
students, researchers etc. to discuss and share their knowledge and experiences.
I am very happy and congratulate my colleagues in the Biju Patnaik central Library for organizing this
conference on a very well thought on Next Generation Libraries. The conference is well attended and I
am confident it will be very valuable to the participants as well to the intellectual of our institute.
I welcome all the external delegates to our camps and wish the conference a grand success.
Prof. Animesh Biswas

Rourkela-769008
Prof. S.K.Sahoo
Chairman, NGL-2019
Conference Chairman’s Message
We are happy to convey that, the Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL) of National Institute of
Technology Rourkela is organizing the “International Conference on Next Generation
Libraries-2019 (NGL-2019) on New Trends Technologies, Collaboration Community
Engagement, Future Librarianship, Library Spaces Services which will be held from
December 12-14, 2019 at TIIR Auditorium, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India.
With the exponential growth of internet, communication technologies and digitization, it is
perceived that Library will vanish from universities. It creates a existential crisis among
librarians. On the contrast, it is found that the relevance and importance of library also
increased with the time. But, the nature, function and expertise requirements have changed
very rapidly. Is the Library professionals are well equipped to face this challenges?
I eamestly trust that this conference will provides a common platform for library and
information professionals and related field to discuss the issue and challenges concerning with
various aspects in libraries. I believe that this conference will be beneficial for all library
professionals.
May the conference be enriching, fruitful and memorable.
Prof. S.K.Sahoo

Rourkela-769008
Dr. Bhojaraju Gunjal
Convener Organising Secretary, NGL-2019
Convener Organizing Secretary’s Message
It is my proud privilege and honour to invite all of you to the International Conference on
Next Generation Libraries-2019 (NGL-2019) on New Trends Technologies, Collaboration
Community Engagement, Future Librarianship, Library Spaces Services which will be
held from December 12-14, 2019 at TIIR Auditorium, National Institute of Technology,
Rourkela, India.
This conference organised by Biju Patnaik Central Library, National Institute of Technology,
Rourkela, India in association with Special Libraries Association (SLA, USA)-
Asian Chapter, United Nations, India and IFLA-Asia and Oceania. This event is also
supported by DSIR, SERB and ICSSR.
I am glad that this conference will be held at National Institute of Technology Rourkela. The
NGL-2019 event provide an excellent opportunity for all including Librarians, Information
Professionals, Knowledge Managers, Researchers and Practitioners to share
experiences, ideas, research results, meeting and networking in all aspects of new Emerging
Technology in Libraries. NGL-2019 will provide a platform to discuss on the above themes
along with related issues and challenges and probable solutions to overcome risks associated
with the future of different types of libraries and the role of library professionals.
The theme of the NGL-2019 conference covers various perspectives of LIS domains. The
distinguished speakers and participants to bring the knowledge based on their experiences. I
hope the conference will see eminent researchers, academicians, library practitioners and
thought leaders engaged in debates and deliberations in the form of keynote addresses and
special theme presentations.
I take this opportunity to thank Prof. Animesh Biswas, Director, NIT Rourkela for his advice,
support and encouragement. I thank Prof. S.K.Sahoo, Chairman and PIC Library for his
valuable support. I extend my thanks to all invited speakers, organizing committee,
conference sponsors and supporters for their excellent assistance and invaluable contributions
to the success of NGL-2019 conference.
I wish you all enjoyable and pleasant stay in Rourkela.
I wish a grand success to the conference
Bhojaraju Gunjal

BIJU PATNAIK CENTRAL LIBRARY
Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL) of NIT Rourkela, named after the legendary industrialist
and statesman, and the founding Chairman of Board of Governors of REC Rourkela, is
functioning since 1965. It acts as main learning resource center of the institute, which
constitutes robust collections in both print and electronic resources. It presently holds over
84,000+ books, 79 print journals, 28 e-resources (full text + numerical databases) which
provide access to over five thousand five hundred titles of serials including archive collections
and around 18,000 back volumes of periodicals. The library has purchased license to access
online Science and Technology, Management, Humanities Social Sciences journals along
with few provided by e-Shodh Sindhu consortium to support teaching and research activities
by faculty, students and research scholars. The library also has a rich collection of IS codes,
educational video courses and audio-visual materials.
Every year, BPCL organizes the Annual Book Fair to facilitate easy access and procurement
of the latest publications for both the Institute and individuals. It is fully automated with
integrated library management open source software ‘Koha’ and modernized with latest Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) based automation system that facilitates self-check-in/check-
out with automatic security system. This technology offers an easy, fast and an efficient
means of tracking, locating and managing of library resources. The circulation system counts
more than 1.2 lakhs transactions per year including visits, issue, return and renewal of books.
BPCL also manages institutional repositories such as e-Papers@NITR (DSpace) – an
Institutional Repository has 3144 numbers of scholarly work and e-Theses@NITR (ePrints) -
a repository has 7161 e-theses and dissertations and also manages around 873 numbers of
hard-copy theses of PhD and MTech-R in Koha LMS.
Library Collections:
Books
General Books 84,553
Book Bank 134
Hindi collections 95
e-Books
(+ complimentary)
15000+
e-Journals Titles 5500+
Database
(Full Text +
Abstract)
28
Print Periodicals 79
Video Cassettes 688
CD-ROMs
(accompanied with
Books)
1200+
Bound Volumes 17974
IS Codes Tables 10000+
Timeline of BPCL
Library Services:
Apart from procuring, processing and distributing books, periodicals and other documents, the
library offers several innovative services to maximize its resource utilization to the NITR
community such as:
 Current Awareness Services – New Arrivals Alert for Books and Periodicals, Journal
TOCs,

 e-Newsletter
 User education programmes for faculty and students on literature search, patent search
and accessing information from across the globe etc.
 Organizing workshops/training programmes/conferences on various latest tools and
technology in library and information science at national level.
 BPCL staff actively participates in implementing open source tools and technology.
 Extending support in providing consultation and technical services to other libraries
and communities
 Conducting Book Fair, Departmental display of books to make the latest books
available to the faculty and students.
 Alert services to the users such as New Arrivals, Overdue Notice, Collect Notice,
different e-mail alerts regarding services
 Self-service (check-in/check-out and renewal) system using RFID technology
 Web-based public access catalogue (OPAC)
 Archival of Scholarly publications (Articles, Presentation, Theses etc.)
 Article / Document Delivery Service on request
 Dissemination Management System (In-house scholarly publications database)
 Digitization of documents (Odia Book official documents)
 Reference Services
 Book Bank
 Trial Access and demonstrations of latest resources
 User Awareness Workshops (UAW) on various resources
 Liaison Program with Departments (LPD)
 Research/Project Support Services (RPS)
 Subject / Research Guide
 Faculty Profile Management Service (IRINS DMS)
 Bibliometrics report generation and analysis from various sources for NITR reports
Library website: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in The web pages of BPCL inside NITR web site
is based on Joomla open source content management system. Approximately 1 Lakhs users
visited this website within one year; it contains information about the BPCL resources, staff,
manuals etc. for the benefit of users.
Library e-Newsletter http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/index.php/e-newsletter-archive BPCL has
started publication of e-News Letter from January 2014; it is the best tool for marketing of
library services and to provide useful information services relevant to NITR community.
Web-based Video Courses http://dlib.nitrkl.ac.in/videocourse/called ‘Open Course Ware’
of the national NPTEL (Phase – I II) programme is available to the students and faculty of
NIT Rourkela over the institutional network. The library has acquired course work in five
major engineering disciplines: Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering,
Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Mechanical
Engineering at the undergraduate (B.E./B.Tech) level. More than 10,000 video lectures web
course are available in local streaming media.
IEEE-SWEBOK – a learning management system (LMS) developed by IEEE Computer
society is available at NITR for the Software Engineers and the Computer Science students.
Blog http://192.168.1.126/blog/ called ‘Library Services Blog’ is an intellectual tool for
documentation of information among local users and to support research support and
awareness activities. It alerts and informs patrons about the latest developments in the field of
science, engineering, technology, management and humanities.

Library facilities
RFID based Book Circulation System: Library is fully automated with LibSys and
integrated with RFID devices, which control the circulation system for self/issue return easily.
Users are free to access the Circulation KIOSK at any time during normal library working
hour. Koha LMS pilot implementation is under progress now.
Seminar Room: BPCL is also having separate seminar room with seating capacity of 30
people at a time, which is used mainly for educating the trainees / internal staff. Seminar room
is also used for educating the users on demand basis in order to educate the users.
General Reading Hall: BPCL facilitates a general reading hall adjacent to the library users
for self-study with their personal books.
Scholar Zone: A silent zone with reading area for research scholars has been facilitated.
Reference Section: A reference section is facilitated reference collection like books, hard
copy theses, AV materials etc.
CCTV Surveillance: CCTV surveillance has been installed at the entrance of the library.
Other facilities: Wi-Fi access, Centralized Air Conditioning, Seating capacity – Reading
rooms, , Ramp/railing for Divyang, etc.
New initiatives
Faculty Profile Management: BPCL has taken initiative to manage faculty profile by
supporting the following activities to enable the research visibility of the NITR fraternity in
below initiatives:
a. Indian Research Information Network System (IRINS): A web-based Research
Information Management System with an objective to showcase the scholarly
communication activities and provide an opportunity to create the scholarly network
of each and every higher educational institution and faculty members. It has integrated
with academic identity such as ORCID ID, ScopusID, Research ID, Microsoft
Academic ID, Google Scholar ID for ingesting the scholarly publication from various
sources. BPCL team supports the IRINS to manage the faculty data and can be
accessed at http://nitrkl.irins.org/
b. Dissemination Management System (DMS): DMS - an internal system developed by
NTR to show case the research visibility on the faculty profile of institute website.
BPCL staff support the standardization of the bibliographic data filled in/uploaded by
the author(s) in the DMS.
Liaison Program with Departments (LPD): BPCL has started Liaison Program with
Departments to educate the NITR academic fraternity about the resources and services
available at BPCL. This program helps in promoting and marketing the library services.
Research / Project Support Services (RPS): BPCL has also started the Research / Project
Support Services for NITR academic fraternity in which users are educated by conducting the
user education programs and training on current tools such as reference manager; plagiarism
checker; grammar checking etc. and other techniques on research writing in order to educate
them how to use the resources for their own research. Url:
http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/libguide/subjects/guide.php?subject=RST

Library Survey: BPCL conducts a library survey “My Views-Feedback on Library” for all
users once in two years. The objective of this survey is to collect the feedback about library
services and its infrastructure. Survey result will help BPCL team in improving the services
and preparing a plan for its future initiatives.
Subject / Research Guide: BPCL has customized and designed Subject/Research Guide – a
guide of all useful resources on a particular subject/department for the benefit of NITR
community. The objective of this guide is to provide information about the key resources
accessible to all NITR community in a particular subject. Url:
http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/libguide/subjects/index.php
NIT Rourkela Digital Library (Powered by RefRead)(on pilot): A single platform to serve
all the learning content users need; wherever they are. The aim of this initiative is to save
user’s time and effort by aggregating all library resources and everything relevant from
internet for subjects of varied interests on one digital library platform and it can be access at
http://nitrkl.refread.com/.
Library Timings:
Library remains open from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm on all working days and from 9:00 am to
6:00 pm on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. General reading Hall is open from 9:00 am to
10:00 pm on all days.
Library Resources:
Print Resources: BPCL subscribes to
 Books: Library has successfully built up a comprehensive collection of over 84000+
books from which 8684 books are reference.
 Print Periodicals: BPCL subscribes to 79 print periodicals
 Thesis (Hard copy): There are around 873 Theses (Ph.D. M.Tech-R) are preserved
and organized by the library.
E-Resources: BPCL subscribes to a number of important databases, which are accessible
within the campus network at http://library.nitrkl.ac.in are:
 E- journals consists of more than 5500+ titles including e-Shodh Sindhu provision
which are accessible within campus as well as over Internet
 E-Databases consists of Abstract Databases (06) and Full Text Databases (22) which
are accessible within campus as well as over Internet
 E-Books collections of 15,600+ titles(including 5000 Complementary Vol. from
Springer and Elsevier) and can be searched over OPAC.
Institutional Repositories: BPCL manages the following Institutional Repositories (IR) to
preserve the scholarly output of the institute.
a. E-Papers (DSpace@NITR) http://dspace.nitrkl.ac.in/dspace is an open access
repository of institutional research output of the faculty, researchers and students. At
present, the repository holds nearly 3144 documents consisting of scholarly
publications such as journal papers, conference papers, book chapters, presentations
and doctoral theses and it is accessible openly and globally.
b. E-Theses@NITRhttp://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/ is an institutional open access electronic
thesis and dissertations (ETD) repository contains 7161 theses of the Institute. This

repository is an attempt to make all locally produced theses more visible to global
users. It is mandatory for students of all disciplines [BTech, M.Tech.,M.Sc, MA, MBA
eralier] and (Ph.DMTech (Res)-Present] to upload the final version of their theses
submitted to the institute as a part of their academic requirement.
c. NITR Documents http://documents.nitrkl.ac.in/jspui/ is a repository of official
documents of NIT Rourkela which contains 199 documents such as minutes of BOG,
HOD, Senate meetings, etc.. The archive is being maintained using DSpace – open
source digital library software.
Special Projects
Open Access to Odia Books (OAOB) (http://oaob.nitrkl.ac.in/) is a non-profitable project,
initiated by NlT Rourkela, Srujanika, Bhubaneswar and Pragati Utkal Sangh, Rourkela. The
mission of the project is to preserve the cultural history of Odisha by digitizing old, rare and
new literary and other texts written in the Odia language. The primary focus is to digitize rare
and copyright-free Odia documents (books, texts and manuscripts) which are under
deteriorating condition in libraries, archives and individual collections in order to make them
openly accessible to all, and to preserve then for posterity. Around 835 books are digitized
and archived as open access.
Library Advisory Committees:
BPCL Library Advisory Committee (BPCLAC) is constitutes with one member from every
department. PIC is the Chairman and HOC, BPCL is the Member Secretary of the committee.
The meeting is conducted twice in a year and also as and when required to discuss about the
development of library activities.
Other sub-committees for library exist such as Purchase, Negation Committee, Book Bank,
Stock Management, Book Fair, Library Automation and Digitization to handle the library
activities smoothly.
Awards Achievements/Honors:
BPCL has received many awards and accolades such as:
Year Host Award Category
2012 Elsevier Highest Science Direct usage among NIT's – 2012
2012 Nature
Science
Nature Journal Awards 2012 – Best NIT User - INDEST Consortia
2013 IEEE Authorized subscriber of the IEEE [IET Electronic Library (IEL)] 2013
2014 ASME Highest User Award for ASME online Journals in 2014 among Level 2 Core
Members
2015 RSC Best usage among NIT's in India for the period 2013-2015
2017 Clarivate
Analytics
Web of Science usage Accolade (India) – 2017
2017 Turnitin Global Innovation Awards 2017: Honorable Mention
2018 ACS Outstanding usage in 2017
2018 NDL Nodal Coordination by National Digital Library of India, MHRD, GOI
2018 NDL Workshop Coordination by National Digital Library of India, MHRD, GOI

Member of Technical Association / Societies
BPCL of NITR is a member of following associations/library projects:
 E-Shodh Sindhu (ESS) Consortium, MHRD, India
 NIT Libraries Consortium (NITLC)
 National Digital Library of India (NDLI), MHRD, India
 World e-Book Library (WEL)
 Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
 South Asia Archive (SAA)

Abstract from the
Keynote Speakers

The Ethereal Library: Our Experience in Library Futures at the Kresge Library
Corey Seeman
Director of Kresge Library Services
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan,
USA
e-Mail: cseeman@umich.edu
Corey Seeman
Abstract
As we explore the next generation of libraries, we need to
consider how we operate now and how we might operate in the
future. All libraries traditionally have operated in two distinct
spaces. First, there is the physical space, where we provide our
community a place to work, where we provide access to print
materials, and where we can provide a place to provide service.
Second, there is the ethereal space, where we connect with
users, provide outreach, and where our true value is revealed
and realized. In the best-case scenario, every library has these
two spaces from which to operate from. However, many
academic libraries, especially in the United States, have seen
their physical footprint erode. And while most libraries have
been able to manage with small sections of their library being
used for other purposes, are they prepared to potentially lose all
of their space?
This is exactly the scenario that we found ourselves back in
2013-2014. During a major construction project, the Kresge
Business Administration Library of the Ross School of
Business at the University of Michigan ceased being a full-
service library with a print collection of 70,000 volumes and
seating for 700 students. The future we were forced to build
for ourselves was one of a library service unit with little more
space than was needed to house the librarians and staff. We
operated in a temporary quarters for two academic years and in
2016 moved back into our new permanent space. The change
in the library was nothing short of dramatic as we explored how
we can serve our community with limited resources and space.
Our path to creating the 'ethereal library' was very rapid and not
as deliberate as we might have liked. Throughout this journey,
there were things that worked well, and things that worked
poorly. That all being said, we learned a great deal through the
process and can provide some guidance for those who are
tasked with the same path forward in the future. In this
presentation, we will explore the path from a traditional library
to an ethereal one focused on electronic collections and service
as our only means of connecting with our communities.
The presenter will showcase how we moved from a physical
library to an ethereal one, while retaining services, people and
our connection to the school. This will be a key element is
building the next generation of libraries.
Corey Seeman is the director of
Kresge Library Services (Ross
School of Business at the
University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor). Since 2013, he has been
guiding the Kresge Library through
a dramatic transformation from a
full-service library with a 70,000
volume collection to one that
practically only has electronic
collections. The new Kresge
Library Services opened to the Ross
School of Business in Fall 2016.
Prior to that position, Corey served
as Assistant Dean over collections
and systems at the University of
Toledo, a training consultant at
Innovative Interfaces, and a
librarian and archivist at historical
libraries, including the National
Baseball Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown. Corey has written
and presented on customer service
and change management within
libraries, especially academic ones.
Since 2004, he has maintained the
Library Writer’s Blog
(http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/)
where he shares writing and
presenting opportunities for
librarians. He is also an avid
photographer (especially of the
campus squirrels at Michigan) and a
cooking enthusiast.
Keywords:
Change management ; Library change; Library of the future;
service; service orientation

Evolving Research Libraries
Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar
Library Director, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Board member, IATUL, Germany
Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar
Charles Darwin said that, it is not the strongest
species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the
one most responsive to CHANGE.
Abstract
Library Science fifth law recognizes that, a library is a
growing organism. Libraries exist to support,
especially in research institutions, to support institutes
learning and research missions. They continue to
grow, change and evolve with the evolving
environment they serve, with changes in leaning,
research and scholarly communication process. Today,
learning is becoming more social, research is
becoming more open and scholarly record is being
redefined, which definitely brings challenges to
Libraries. Most responsive libraries to changes, will
evolve successfully to support changing needs of the
learners and researchers. Libraries were evolved from
a mere provider of scholarly literature and services, to
a supporter and collaborator in all aspects of research
life cycle, to save the time of the researcher. I honestly
believe an evolving library, recognize the changes in
the system, behaviors of researcher and change to
better support the changing needs of the user
community. They strategically design the space,
facilities, and services according to the needs and
develop its people with upskilling.
Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar is Library
Director at King Abdullah
University of Science and
Technology (KAUST) in Saudi
Arabia and member of Board of
Directors at International
Association of University Libraries
(IATUL). He was Associate
Library Director at American
University of Antigua in West
Indies and Scientific Officer at
University Grants Commission
(UGC) Information and Library
Network (INFLIBNET) Center in
India. He holds doctorate and two
masters in Library Science,
published extensively in reputed
journals, presented in number of
international conferences, member
of many professional associations
and editorial boards of reputed
journals.
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-
0003-0397-4970
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/v
ijayakumarjk/
Keywords:
evolving libraries; research libraries; research
support, new generation librarianship

Research Visibility and Impact in the Next Generation Libraries
Nader Ale Ebrahim
Adjunct lecturer,
Research and Technology Department,
Alzahra University, Vanak, Tehran, Iran
Email: aleebrahim@gmail.com
Nader Ale Ebrahim
Abstract
Archiving high quality documents with the
best metadata is only halfway towards
receiving libraries’ user attention in the
future. The rest of the journey is dependent
on disseminating the documents via proper
utilization of the “Research Tools”. Library
users expect access to library resources
anytime and anywhere. Proper tools
provide the chance for librarians to
innovate, boost quality, measure success,
and align services with the priorities of their
organizations. Librarians should increase
the research impact and visibility of their
documents. The talk will concentrate on
various techniques for improving the
Research Visibility and Impact in the Next
Generation Libraries. New techniques are
required to support researchers in
maximizing their research impact and to
increase researchers’ awareness of open
access publishing models, self-archiving,
and Altmetrics benefits.
Nader Ale Ebrahim currently working as an
adjunct lecturer at Alzahra University. He is a
“Research Visibility and Impact” freelancer
consultant as well. Nader was working as a
visiting research fellow with the Centre for
Research Services, Institute of Management
and Research Services (IPPP), University of
Malaya. Nader holds a PhD in Technology
Management, with over 23 years’ experience in
the field of virtual RD teams. His current
research interests are Open Access, Research
Visibility, Research Tools, and Bibliometrics.
Nader is well known as the creator of
“Research Tools” Box. Dr. Nader believes that
research cycle does not ends with publications
alone, thus he encourages pro-activeness in
dissemination of research output.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7091-
4439
Keywords:
Research Visibility, Impact, Next
Generation Libraries

Uberification of Academic Libraries
Prashant Pandey
Director of Library Services, Flinders University,
Sturt Road, Bedford Park | South Australia | 5042 | Adelaide SA 5001
e-Mail: prashant.pandey@flinders.edu.au
Prashant Pandey
Abstract
Delivering services On-Demand in a relaxed and straightforward way
is referred to as Uberification. Uberification depends on
crowdsourcing for maintaining quality wherein with ease, consumers
can access a wealth of quality resources and services. When a user
can book and utilise services in real-time in minutes is termed as
Uberification. Uberification is convenience tech. On-Demand,
Businesses are running on this psychology of delivering convenience
to the user. These On-Demand services have given rise to an On-
Demand economy which helps cater the consumer need by making
the services available to the end-user in real-time and as per their
convenience.
Uber was launched in 2009, and it significantly disrupted the On-
demand service model. Uber's success acted as a catalyst towards the
formation of many new businesses on a similar On-demand service
model. It is time to explore this mindset towards designing modern
academic libraries in the age of digital disruption.
Information technology has disrupted and transformed nearly every
sector of the knowledge economy. Over the last ten years, the
Universities, related research industries, cultural organisations,
publishers and individuals have witnessed unprecedented change.
Academic Libraries, in particular, have been challenged to translate
traditional values and service models into new paradigms to meet the
evolving information needs in the 21st century. Academic libraries
function within and contribute to a rapidly transforming higher
education environment. Academic libraries in the digital age are
positioning themselves as an incubator of ideas and creativity,
enabling exciting opportunities in co-creation of new knowledge and
learning. Being aware of the changing environment and ensuring that
libraries continue to play a critical role in higher education (HE) is a
profound ongoing challenge.
The modern academic libraries globally are at the crossroads of a
seismic shift within a broader evolving higher education landscape.
Academic libraries need to transition from Just-In-Case
(transactional) to an agile and responsive Just-In-Time
(transformative) service model. Uber Libraries are SMART; service-
oriented, mission-critical, accessible, relevant and technologically
enabled; and will be delivered on the following aspects of
convenience:
 Decision – Making it fast and easy for customers to choose
products and services
 Access – fast and easy use of products and services
 Transaction – fast and easy procurement of products and
services
 Benefit realisation – fast and smooth delivery of benefits to
the patron
 Post-Benefit – a fast and accessible pathway to review,
improve and introduce new products and services.
The presentation discusses significant trends that are impacting
libraries and which libraries are helping to shape and provides a
reflection on their implications on the future of academic libraries.
Prashant Pandey is an experienced,
senior executive who is able to
inspire and lead change in the
rapidly changing environment for
libraries and research institutions. As
Director of Library Services, he is
responsible for all aspects of
Flinders University Library with a
particular focus on building active
learning and research environments,
enhancing the relevance and
discovery of information resources,
building staff capability, and
ensuring the delivery of responsive
services to students, academics and
researchers. He has a broad
experience in the delivery of
academic Library services, and IT
focused on the development of
digital delivery and digital services.
He holds a Master of Science and a
Bachelor of Engineering in
Computer and Information Science.
He is particularly interested in the
application of current and emerging
technologies to ensure that the
library remains relevant in the digital
environment. His current interests
include artificial intelligence, digital
preservation and the semantic web.
Keywords:
Digital Disruption; Uberification; Information management;
Academic Libraries; SMART libraries

Using Case Management Tool (CMT) Predictive Analytics: Improving Library
Services, Student Experience Retention
Dr. KumaresanChidambaranathan
Manager – Library Information Services,
Ara Institute of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
e-Mail: sckumaresan@yahoo.com
Dr. KumaresanChidambaranathan
Emerging technologies such as Predictive Analytics,
Machine Learning and Case Management Tools
(CMT) have offered libraries and librarians new and
efficient ways and methods to collect, analyze,
interpret data and justify their values and
contributions. It has also given the power to better
understand the movement and predict their trajectory
and strategically plan budget spending, services and
activities in the library.
In this presentation you are about to see how, the
Library and Learning Services at Ara Institute of
Canterbury, uses the CMT and Predictive Analytics
tool and such data-driven library management helps
in
i. Understanding the library resource usage by
students that in turn helps to strengthen and
specify library budget
ii. Targeting support at the students who most
need it as early as possible
iii. Accurately tracking interventions with
students
iv. Helping students find their way to resources
and tools that could help them help
themselves.
Currently Manager - Library Information
Services at Ara Institute of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand.
Teaching and practicing librarianship for more
than 25 years in India and abroad. Obtained
Masters Ph.D degrees from Bharathidasan
University, India and M.Phil from Alagappa
University, India.
Previous work experience includes, Chief
Librarian at VNIT, Nagpur, Head Librarian at
ABP, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar and
Librarian at BITS Pilani, Dubai and Librarian
at Coimbatore Institute of Technology,
Coimbatore, TN. Lecturer in LIS at Bishop
Heber College, Tiruchirapalli, TN. Peer-
reviewer for reputed international journals
from Emerald, Taylor Francis, Palgrave
Macmillan Wiley and was a member of the
editorial committee for reputed international
journal by Bloomsbury, UK.
Areas of research include Knowledge
Management Organizational Culture,
Organizational Culture Leadership,
Information Literacy, and Library
Technologies. Publications include a book
several research articles in international
journals conferences.
Keywords:
CMT, CRM, Predictive Analytics, User Experience,
Student Retention

Future Librarianship – Roles and Relevance
Dr. D. B. Ramesh
Chief Librarian
Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
e-Mail: dolababuramesh@soa.ac.in
Dr. D. B. Ramesh
Abstract
Traditionally, the librarian performs collection, organization, and
dissemination duties. In the last two to three decades, libraries
throughout the world are undergoing great change.The rapid
technological developments taken place in the LIS field,
particularly in areas like - global networking and
telecommunications; digitization and electronic publishing, access,
share and delivery. However, these developments have made us to
learn, use and implement in library services and activities. Today,
our mission is to promote services for the ever increasing amount of
information. Current role of librarian in electronic era like a -
Information specialist, electronic resources expert, search
Intermediary, facilitator, web site designer / builder, Database
manager, researcher, knowledge manager, Policy maker.
The responsibilities of a librarian have also increased for providing
the packed and repacked information, online publishing,
identification of relevant electronic sources, etc. This talk addresses
some of these challenges and roles as per needs and requirements of
the respective users. They are - Balance User expectations with
limited institutional resources; Training of our staff ; Evaluate and
select Internet based information resources; Build subject gateways
/ portal as a part of library web site; Authenticity, integrity and
provenance of information; Deciding on appropriate technology
solutions and implementation; Creating network-based libraries;
Archiving digital information; Prepare critical reviews of literature
with Academic counterparts; Licensing information resources /
lease agreements; Negotiation with Service providers; DRM,
Copyrights; Content and Knowledge Management;
Networking/Telecommunications; Collaborating in the Publication
Process (Annual Reports, Commissioned Reviews); Assist the
patenting process (literature searches on patents); Aggregation of
content (books, journals, reference materials) at one place;
Platforms providing personalized information: RSS, alerts, citation
tracking; Free Personalized Services from Google; Collaborate
more with all stake holders; Prepare for more accountability;
Develop IT infrastructure that users need (provide Wifi, laptops,
Scanners, printers); Provide software (for Statistical Analysis,
Bibliographic Management); Create space for community
collaborations (Library Discussion Rooms, Lecture Halls); Develop
best practices and tools for the emerging situation; Aggressive
resource sharing; Print material has always been our valued asset
and we need to preserve it; Promote Green Libraries; Building
Institutional repositories and enhancing visibility of the Faculty;
RSS Feeds; Reviving and Promoting Book Discussion Groups;
Social Networking, Services on smart phones; Scholarly
Communication; Copyright issues; Plagiarism Prevention;
Promoting open access; Librarians as Image Builders for the
Faculty; Academic Performance Indicators (API); Scientometric
Analyses for awards, Recognitions; Librarians as
Scientometricians; Research Metrics; etc.
Dr. D. B. Ramesh, currently working
as Chief Librarian, S’O’A University,
Bhubaneswar after attaining
superannuation from CSIR - Institute
of Minerals and Materials Technology
(formerly Regional Research
Laboratory), Bhubaneswar in June,
2013. He holds a PhD degree in LIS
from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
He has more than42 years of
Professional experience and Expertise
in Library and Information Science and
Services. Dr. Ramesh is a recipient of
FULBRIGHT Scholar at Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
(1992-93); British Council’s
VisitorshipProgramme, UK (1993) and
Society for Information Science (SIS)
Fellowship Award (1996). He has
edited 9 Books and published around
110 papers in peer-reviewed journals
(45 Nos.) and edited Seminar
proceedings volumes (65 Nos.). He has
supervised 7 PhD scholars under Utkal
University in Library and Information
Science (LIS). Dr. Ramesh is also a
Resource Person at different
Universities, IGNOU, Bhubaneswar
for various LIS Programmes. Dr.
Ramesh has also contributed 4 Units
on Library Automation for IGNOU
course on PGDLAN. Dr. Ramesh is
also a Life Member of the SIS,
ILA, IATLIS and IASLIC.
Keywords: Librarianship; Visibility; 21st
Century;
Transformation; Skills

Designing Geodetic Search in Library Discovery: An Open Source Framework
ParthasarathiMukhopadhyay
Department of Library and Information Science,
Kalyani University, Kalyani, WB
e-Mail: psmukhopadhyay@gmail.com
ParthasarathiMukhopadhyay
Abstract
Information retrieval in libraries of any type or size till
date centre around only textual search in spite of
tremendous advancements in digital information
representation and retrieval. This presentation is an
attempt to enhance information retrieval features of a
typical library search system by fusing geodetic search
capabilities in it. This prototype framework applies a
Solr-based open source library discovery software namely
VuFind as retrieval system, Leaflet an open-source
JavaScript library for interactive maps, Open Street Map
as cartographic data provider available under Open Data
Commons Open Database License (OdbL) and a set of
MARC formatted bibliographic records processed in open
source Koha ILS. This prototype shows indexing of
geocoordinate data (longitude and latitude) available in
tag 034 (in subfields $d,$e,$f, and $g) of MARC records
in Solr and also provides various controls related to
display of geographic data like displaying point and
rectangle features, as well as their labels and coordinates
in an interactive environment, where users can draw
points, zoom in or zoom out. The framework supports an
array of GIS specific search services in addition to
traditional textual search such as search by coordinates,
draw search box through coordinate selection, map tab
view for retrieved resources. This mechanisms may help
libraries going beyond text only search and may help in
pinpointed retrieval of documents and datasets where
Place or Geographic name is the focus like knowledge
objects in the domain of geography, geology, travel
guides etc.
Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay is a
Professor in Library and Information
Science and presently Head, Department
of Library and Information Science,
Kalyani University. Prof. Mukhopadhyay
is an open source enthusiastic and has
more than 100 papers and five books in
his beeline. Prof. Mukhopadhyay acted as
a metadata consultant for the project NDL
(National Digital Library) hosted by IIT,
Kharagpur. He is presently a member of
the Advisory Committee for National
Virtual Library Project of Ministry of
Culture, Govt. of India.
Keywords:Library discovery, Geodetic search, GIS
search, VuFind

Innovation in LAMs Paradigm towards Convergence and Divergence Factors in Digital
Preservation
Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam
Professor, Department of Information Science and Library Management
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Email: mezbah2000@du.ac.bd
Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam
Abstract
This study highlights the converging as well as
diverging LAMs paradigm factors to expand
the scope of the proposed convergence beyond
integrated access to libraries, archives and
museums. Instead of mixing and treating these
disciplines as the same thing referred to by
different words to converge the role, focus,
scope and identity. This is manifested in many
general software results that claim to manage at
the same time archives, museums, libraries and
repositories. In terms of assimilating digital
preservation methods, the courses on
museology, archives, library and information
science offered in Bangladesh and India as well
as internationally are found to be at different
stages of development. In this context,
digitalization gaps have been analyzed in
libraries, archives and museums and a set of
actions are suggested to bridge this gap in order
to move towards convergence possibilities.
Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islamis a dynamic,
innovative, committed person who is known home
and abroad in the area of LIS. He is a currently
Professor and former Chairman in the Dept. of
Information Science and Library Management,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Professor Mezbah received graduation post-
graduation from the University of Dhaka and was
awarded Ph.D. from North-Eastern Hill University
(NEHU) as a SAARC Scholar. His ongoing
research includes OLISL, information literacy, E-
Learning, LAMs paradigm, Digital Curation,
Service quality. Dr. Mezbah produced about sixty
publications and has 22 years education and
research experience. Prof. Mezbah is an active
researcher and has worked for GoB, UNDP, EU,
Practical Action-Bangladesh, Oxfam, and so
on. During the Chairmanship of Dept, Dr. Mezbah
worked hard to enhance the quality of the academic
and research program in all possible ways so Dept.
enjoys a leading position.
Keywords:
LAM, Digital Preservation, Convergence and
Divergence

Learning resources (LRs) acquisition in university libraries in Bangladesh: status,
challenges and reforms
Dr. Md. ZillurRahman
Librarian, Head, Library and Learning Resources Centre,
Chittagong Independent University (CIU), Bangaladesh
rahman@ciu.edu.bd
Dr. Md. Zillur Rahman
Abstract
The aim of the paper is to investigate the current status of
learning resources (LRs) acquisition in university libraries in
Bangladesh, what are the challenges facing toward achieving
the target, and what are the reforms needed to accelerate the
total process of procurement and to make a uniform process
for each of the university type in Bangladesh.
A survey was conducted in February-April 2019 to identify
the acquisition practice among major public and private
universities in Bangladesh. The survey questionnaire was
distributed through emails direct to the university librarian.
The librarians were also interviewed to share their personal
experiences using telephone communication.
The findings reveals that current acquisition practice among
the universities is not following any set rule neither devised by
the Government and the private university authority. There is
lacking in set policy, willingness to follow, exhaustive nature
of procurement throughout the year and automated acquisition
system are seen in some prominent private university libraries.
Out of 148 public and private universities, 10 have been
brought under investigation. Larger number of sample may
bring better conclusion. Hence, the generalization that is made
in the outcome may not be pertinent if any differences found
in a particular university.
A systematic approach has been made to follow in acquisition
procedure. Library administration of newly established
universities will be benefited to generalize their procurement.
The external and internal auditors will be benefited to know
the procedures that are minimally mandatory to complete a
purchase in university libraries.
This is the very first time an attempt has made to assess the
LRs acquisition practices in Bangladesh. Some part of the
paper was extracted from the PhD thesis done by the same
author in October 2013. The findings proposed a common
procedure to follow each of the categories for keeping
uniformity in purchase.
Librarian, Head, Library and
Learning Resources Center in
Chittagong Independent University
(CIU), Bangladesh. He also served
for Independent University,
Bangladesh (IUB) for 12 years. He
received his PhD and M.Phil in the
Faculty of Art from University of
Dhaka, Bangladesh and BA (Hons)
and MA in Information Science
Library Management (ISLM) from
the same university. He also received
Master of Business Administration
(MBA) in Human Resources
Management (HRM) from
Independent University, Bangladesh
(IUB). A book of Dr. Rahman has
published from Germany in 2012
and a good number of articles have
published in national and
internationally reputed journals. His
research interests are Library
Modernization, Use of ICT in
Libraries, Knowledge Management,
Library Human Resources
Management, ETD, Open Access,
Open Science, Information Literacy,
Networking and Resource Sharing,
Information Marketing, Library
Special Services, Library Advocacy
and Library Auditing, etc. Keywords: Bangladesh, acquisition, procurement,
publicuniversities, private universities

Gamification: Application in the Library Ecosystem
PiyushTewari
Founder, GTL Ventures
e-Mail: piyush@gtlventures.com
PiyushTewari
Abstract
The purpose of the talk is to help the audience
identify how they can use gamification to drive
engagement with the users of library services.
With the advent of digital and the changing
demography of library users, it is essential to
engage with users in a digital manner. This
presents an opportunity to use game mechanics to
drive fun and engagement. The basic framework
of gamification is shared first, followed by used
cases, inside and outside of the library ecosystem.
This is followed by a discussion on how librarians
can use gamification in :
 Engaging users with library space and
resources
 Community engagement
 Marketing strategies for Library services
PiyushTewari is an international MBA from
Lancaster University he holds over 12 years of
business management and consulting
experience across the globe. He has worked
across global financial services and blue chip
companies delivering executive coaching,
group facilitation and leadership development
programs for a diverse audience.
An expert in game based learning; he works
towards driving digital transformation of the
talent practice across industries in South-East
Asia. Piyush also enables businesses to use
game design and gamification techniques to
create better products and services that drive
engagement and loyalty with their customers.
He works on designing cutting edge digital
solutions that induce behavioral change and
drive retention.
Keywords:
Gamification, Engagement, Community, Design
Thinking, Libraries

Library as a third space: innovative librarianship
Prof. Susmita Chakraborty
Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science
University of Calcutta
Email: susmita@caluniv.ac.in
Prof. Susmita Chakraborty
Abstract
The “third place” is a term coined by Ray Oldenburg in
his 1990 book, The Great Good Place. People are most
comfortable in the first space i.e. home. To make a living,
they have to adjust to their second space, namely their
work front. But there must be a third space where they
can sit back and relax; they can enjoy and have fun; they
can relax and refresh; they can meet with other members
of their community and discuss.
A simple definition of the third place is that the third
places are neutral social surroundings separate from home
and work/school. Oldenburg refers to third places as
“hangouts at the heart of a community” and local places
“that help to get you through the day.”
Characteristics of a third place include:
 Involves “regulars”
 Is free or inexpensive
 Offers food and drink (not essential, but
important)
 Is welcoming and comfortable,
 encouraging people to stay and to return
 Is a destination of choice
Third places foster community building. Kevin Harris
says “all societies need places that allow informal
interaction without requiring it, places that are rich in the
possibility of safe, mundane encounter… Libraries, I
suggest, belong at the less interactive end of the third
place spectrum, but they have an under-appreciated role in
providing local support and generating trust.”
Libraries should try to fulfill the criteria to evolve as this
third space.
A professor in the Dept. of Lib. And Inf.
Sc., University of Calcutta since
22.10.2016, Susmita teaches Information
Technology, Website Design, Digital
Content Management and Social
Networking. Three of her PhD scholars and
about a dozen of her MPhil scholars have
submitted their thesis. A Gold Medalist
(MLibSc, 1994) Calcutta University,
Susmita did three other Masters Degree in
English Literature (Calcutta University),
Digital Library Management (Jadavpur
University) and AIS in Inf. Sc. (INSDOC,
CSIR, New Delhi).
Since 2009, Susmita is connected with
IFLA as Standing Committee Member of
Knowledge Management and Education and
Training Section as well as Past Secretary
of IFLA SET. She is also past Secretary and
Director of Special Libraries Association,
Asian Chapter. She received many awards
including Bonnie Hilditch International
Librarian Award (SLA, USA, 2013). She
has presented and published in many
national and international conferences
including IFLA WLIC, SLA, ICDL, LIPS
and many other conferences. She has
delivered lectures in Humboldt University,
Berlin; University College London,
Trivuban University, Kathmandu, Dhaka
University, among others. She has
published books and journal articles
extensively including an edited book on
International and ComparativeLibrarianship
published from USA. She is a
Commonwealth Fellow (Visiting Academic,
University College London, 2015) and
aMental Health Activist.
Keywords:
Library as third space; Library and community; Library
Space Designing; Community Information Service;
Innovative Librarianship

Assessing the state of openness in science through preprints in Bangladesh and India
Susmita Das
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council
susmitabarc@gmail.com
Dr. Susmtia Das
Abstract
The term ‘openness’ refers to “lack of secrecy or
concealment” which is an essential factor for the
science to progress quickly for the public good. In the
science communications, the journals play an important
role in the wider dissemination of the peer reviewed
articles. However, during the last few years there is an
upsurge of the preprints, the first drafts of the
manuscripts in the repositories in the world. Till date,
there are two million searchable preprints are available
on the internet.
Now preprints are available for many of the subject
themes and also regional (country specific). There is a
growing support for the public or open peer review
system and there are repositories available for
depositing and sharing the peer review contributions.
As the copyright holders of the preprints are the
authors, many of them are enthusiastic to share their
manuscripts in the preprint repositories to have a date
stamped publication to showcase their
research/scholarly outputs at the earliest to the world
and to get noticed, commented and get invited for
collaborations.
At this backdrop, this paper intends to present the status
of openness in the science communications in India and
Bangladesh taking the example of preprint repositories.
Dr. Susmtia Das is currently working as
Principal Documentation Officer in the
Agricultural Information Center of the
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council
(BARC). She is the Focal Point, Open
Government Data from BARC and is also
nominated as Vice President, Centre for
Open Knowledge. She is associated with
the YPARD Bangladesh as its Core
Member.
Keywords: Open Access, Preprints, Openness, South
Asia, Repositories

Build New Workflows to Support Research: Academic Librarians as Teachers
KamaniPerera
Manager – Research Development
Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka
E- mail: kamani@cipmlk.org
KamaniPerera
Abstract
The academic library is a place where the academic
community gets support for their research without
bias. With the emergence of Internet and other
technologies, there is no surprise that academic
libraries have become more engaged with their
communities by way of supporting their academic
research. In this context, academic libraries have
expanded their customary services as expertise in
the field of information and offer various services
for their community. Thus, it is crucial to encourage
academic librarians act as “teachers” and provide
their services to the needed academic community.
At this juncture, academic librarians should
embrace “teacher identity” to serve the community.
In this manner, academic librarians can play a
dynamic role for the wellbeing of the scholarly
community. It gives an opportunity to interact with
each other and learning through discussion.
Moreover, when librarian acts as a teacher, it is
different from teaching one or more subjects in a
given field, but it is like teaching series of guest
lectures, conducting workshops, locating
information or using particular software
application. Existing literature has been proved that
how teaching makes wide development in
universities by way of providing unending series of
one-on-one tutorials through daily interactions with
students, staff, faculty members, and members of
the local community at the reference desk (and,
increasingly, in the online environment).
Moreover, it is emphasized the how the academic
librarians help their users to meet the challenges of
accessing required information for their day to day
scholarly needs. This paper describes the
importance of teaching skills to the professional
work of academic librarians and thereby how
teacher identity has become significant feature of
their professional identity.
Gained 30+ years professional experience as a
Librarian and presently working as a Manager-
Research Development in Chartered Institute
of Personnel Management, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Obtained Merit pass for the Master Degree in
Information Management (MIM), University of
Colombo, Sri Lanka and Visiting Lecturer to Sri
Lankan universities and an International Paper
Presenter/Speaker in digital library/museum
conferences and a paper reviewer/editor/author
in international library journals. I have
compiled several Indexes/Bibliographies and
presented/published (peer-reviewed) over 100
international papers on digital repositories,
extended learning, scholarly communication,
mobile data, digital preservation, electronic
theses and dissertations (ETDs), grey
repositories, ICT application, digital
museums/archives, cultural heritage, disaster
management etc.
I am an Associate Member of the Sri Lanka
Library Association; AssociateNetworkMember
of Digital Curation Centre, United Kingdom;
Professional Development Fund member of the
International Institute for Conservation (IIC),
United Kingdom 2008-2011; Affiliate Member
of International Committee on Archaeological
Heritage Management (ICAHM), USA; SIG-III
Info Share Membership Award recipient 2012 -
Special Interest Group (SIG-III) of the
American Society of Information Science
Technology (ASIST), USA and The World
Archaeological Congress (WAC), USA, 2016 -
2019.
Keywords:
academic libraries; teacher identity; scholarly
community; academic research; professional
identity

Scholarly Publishing Trends in Open Access: A Case of BRICS Countries
Dr Narayan Chandra Ghosh
Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
e-Mail: ncghosh@iimcal.ac.in
Dr Narayan Chandra Ghosh
Abstract
Scholarly publishing has a long history associated with the beginning
of the scholarly journal and establishing academic societies. The oldest
learned society the Compagnie du GaiScavoir was founded in France
in the year 1323. The Royal Society of London was established in the
year 1660. The journey of the scholarly journals began with the
‘Journal des Scavans’ and the ‘Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society of London’ started publishing by those two famous learned
societies in the year 1665. Over time, the number and kind of journals
grew in many folds and the technological changes in the printing world
opened up the avenues for commercial firms for journal publishing.
Gradually the commercial publishers started increasing subscription
costs of journals and grabbing the quality journals from the learned
societies, the libraries and the scholars felt the crisis of literature for
academics and research. The academic world was in serious search of
alternatives to overcome the situation. In the early 1990s, Paul
Ginsparg of the Los Alamos National Laboratory come up ‘arXiv’, a
preprint repository for high energy and condensed matter physics
research output. The physicists were exchanging new research
information among the scholars worldwide even before publishing in
the popular referred journals. The journey of open access began. In
1994, Harnard came up with a proposal to generalize the practice of
self-archiving. In 2002, BOAI formalized the idea of Open Access
(OA) by making the research papers freely available.
Open Access is a trendy term, and a lot of literature is published in this
domain. Keeping this in mind, this study was undertaken using the
Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection in Science Citation Index
Expanded (SCIE) database for the period from 2014-2018 contributed
from BRICS countries. The data was limited to articles in the English
language indexed in the Web of Science using Field tag
CU=Country/Region for downloaded.
The paper attempts to assess the growth and development of research
output published under Open Access with special reference to BRICS
research publications as indexed in the Science Citation Index
Expanded during the five years period. A total of 2,238,152 research
articles published from five BRICS nations out of which 619,260
(27.67%) articles published under the mode of open access during 2014
to 2018. The country-wise research articles published in open access in
terms of percentage to total articles of the country indexed in WOS
were highest from South Africa with 23,696(43.70%) followed by
Brazil with 85,703(42.66%), China with 419,573(27.88%), India with
61,058(19.66%) and Russia with 29,230 (17.45%).
The study may be helpful for researchers looking for top institutions
for collaboration, policy or decision makers for policy decisions,
publication of articles, students in mapping, scientometrics, and
bibliometrics of recent literature trends in terms of Open Access
scientific output. It has equal importance for Library and Information
Science professionals to decide journals for subscription as well.
Dr Narayan Chandra Ghosh has 25
years long professionals
experience in various
organizations like British Council
Library, Kolkata, American
Library, Kolkata, Eastern Institute
for Integrated Learning in
Management, Army Institute of
Management Kolkata, CSIR-
Indian Institute of Chemical
Biology, National Institute of
Pharmaceutical Education
Research (NIPER-Kolkata).
Presently he has been serving IIM
Calcutta as Librarian.
He has successfully organized
many national level seminar
workshops and imparted training
programmes. He has served as
library advisory committee in
many reputed organizations. He
edited two books and published a
good number of research articles.
He delivered invited lectures in
various seminars symposium and
conferences. He is also associated
with the University of Calcutta,
University of Kalyani, Netaji
Subhas Open University and
Indira Gandhi National Open
University as a guest teacher of
LIS department.
Keywords: Research output,Open Access Publishing, Publication
Models, Directory of Open Access Journals, Mapping of Science,
Open Access, Scientometrics, Open Science-BRICS

Systems thinking for success of librarians
Premaraj Mishra
Tata Steel, Jamshedpur
e-Mail: premaraj.mishra@tatasteel.com
Premaraj Mishra
Abstract
Systems thinking for success of librarians - For every
problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat and
wrong. It is just because cause-and-effect relation.
Systems thinking are a proactive problem-solving
approach that examines the relationships between
various organizational functions and how they impact
each other. What makes systems thinking so powerful
is that it enables you to predict the consequences—
intended and unintended—of a potential change,
eliminate silo thinking, adjust perspectives to see
different viewpoints, and remain focused on the big
picture. By understanding and implementing the
systems thinking process, you will be able to help your
organization find optimal solutions to complex
challenges, improve innovation, and increase
productivity.
Librarians are situated to adopt systems thinking as a
engagement philosophy, as networking, service and
organizational awareness are built into the fabric of
librarians’ daily work. The adoption of system
thinking library manager and staff will more
effective and innovative, not isolated.
I am a graduate in Science. I’ve passed my
Master Degree in Library Information
Science from Sambalpur University of
Odisa. Besides I’ve passed P.G. Diploma in
Library Automation and Networking
(PGDLAN) and P.G. Diploma in Mass
communication Journalism (PGDMCJ)
from Sambalpur University. I have
professional experience as Support Engineer
for Library Automation Software
NewGenLib, Librarian and Manager. I’ve
more than 14 years of professional
experience. I’ve contributed 22 research
papers in different journals/Book
chapters/National and International Seminar
publications. I’ve also attended many
International/National workshops and
Seminars. My area of specialization is
Library automation, Digital Library and
Corporate Library management. Presently
I’m working as Senior Manager, Information
Services, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur,
Jharkhand.
Keywords:
System Thinking, Problem-solving, Librarianship,
System-perspective, Adversaries

Next Generation Library
Prof. Maltesh Motebennur
University Librarian, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills,
Doimukh 791112 Arunachal Pradesh, India
E-mail: maltesh.motebennur@gmail.com
Prof. Maltesh Motebennur
Abstract
This is a general paper. When we ask the
question that is our Libraries are dying?
Why readers are not physically visiting
any Libraries now a days? Are our
Libraries well quipped and well
organised? Patrons are less dependent on
library in the era of Google and Internet.
eBooks, computers and servers replace
traditional modes of reading and storage.
Electronic materials can be accessed
online, visit to the library isn’t always
required they can browse, check out or put
a hold on a book wherever they are. We
talk about smart Libraries, fully automated
Libraries and hybrid Libraries. What next
generation Libraries are looks like and
what kind of service they provide to the
patrons.
Prof. Motebennur Maltesh Ningappa is
University Librarian Rajiv Gandhi University,
Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. M.Sc.,
M.L.I. Sc., Ph.D. Good number of research
articles and publications in his credit. Interest
fields are digitisation of rare manuscripts,
Library automation and Networking.
Received best Librarian award of Government of
Karnataka under serving out of state category.
Travelled extensively visited USA, OCLC, attended
IFLA world Library congress, Spain, UK, Hong
Kong, Greece in connection with international
conferences. Invited speaker to many national and
international conferences and seminars.
Keywords:
Next generation Library, Augmented
Library, eBooks, Digital Library,
Traditional Library, Hybrid Library

Indian Copyright Law: Citation and Some observations on Photocopying in
Libraries
Dr. Rama NandMalviya
Chief Librarian, Ansal University, Gurgaon (Haryana)
rnmalviya@ansaluniversity.edu.in
Dr. Rama NandMalviya
Abstract
In digital environment sharing of
information has become inevitable within
and between academic communities.
The Transformation of information
through copy and paste option becomes
much easier and resulted in increased
frequency of Plagiarism. Copyright Act
provides protection to the authors, Artists
and other creators for their literary
and artistic creations generally referred to
as works. But with the development and
passage of time, some other formats of
work are added to this Act.
This paper describes the history and
development of Copyright Act in
India along with its various features and
fair use of the work to avoid
infringement of the Act. Further, it
touches upon the fair use of Copyright Act
in the country in digital or electronic era.
Dr. Rama NandMalviyais aChief Librarian at
Ansal University, Golf Course Road, Gurgaon,
and Haryana. He holds Ph. D. from Jiwaji
University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, M.A.in
Economics, MBA- HRM and Master of Library
and Information Science. He has more than 33
years of experience in field of Research, Library
and Information Services. He is also consultant
to several organizations in setting up their
specialized library and information centers.
Dr. Rama NandMalviya has guided 13 Ph. D.
Students and Successfully guided more than two
dozen M. Lib. Dissertation. published several
research papers, book chapters and
bibliographies. He has published 16 books and
more than 63 research papers in refereed
Journals. He is member of all major Indian
Library Association, Library Professional
Association and has been acted as Rapporteur
General, Keynote speaker and Chairman of the
session in various National and International
Conference. He has organized various national
and International Conferences. He is External
referee for Ph.D Thesis and M.Phil of various
Universities. He has delivered more than 30
talks and key note addresses etc.
Keywords:
Copyright, Infringement, Fair use,
Photocopying, Proper Citation,
Intellectual Property

Transformation of Libraries and its Services: Emerging roles for library professionals
Dr Sunil Kumar Satpathy
Deputy Librarian, National Institute of TechnologyRaipur,India
e-mail: drsksatpathy@gmail.com
Dr Sunil Kumar Satpathy
Abstract:
The library environment during past few
decades have transformed drastically due to
advent and application of various
Information Communication
Technology(ICT) and its application in
libraries .Accordingly the collection have
been shifted from traditional print resources
to a hybrid collections consisting of print
and electronic/digital
resources ,organization of libraries have
changed from manual system to fully
automated system and services have been
changed from manual library services to
ICT based library services.
With the changes in library environment,
the role of Library and Information Science
(LIS) professionals have changed from mere
custodian of books to facilitators of
information. This paper discusses about the
various changes that have occurred in
libraries due to applications of ICT.
Analyses the changing role of LIS
professionals as per changing library
environment. Suggests how best LIS
professionals can perform their role by
using new ICT to connect and satisfy their
users in a better way
Dr Sunil Kumar Satpathy was born on 7th
June 1970 at Barpali of Bargarh district,
Odisha. He completed his Graduation in
Science and thereafter started his carrier in
Library Information Science. He passed
BLIS, MLIS and Ph.D in LIS form Sambalpur
University in 1991,1993 and 2002
respectively. Besides he has passed DCA form
LCC and M.A(Political Sc) PGDLAN from
Sambalpur University.
DrSatpathy has professional experience of
more than 24 years as Librarian, Sr. librarian
and Dy.Librarian in various academic
institutions of higher learning. Presently he is
working as the Dy.Librarian and Head of
Central Library, NIT, Raipur.
He has attended more than 35 International
and National workshop, seminar and
conferences in India and abroad. Also he has
organized 04 Authors workshop and 07
national workshops and seminar on LIS. He
has also delivered many guest lectures in
HRDC of University, Seminars and
Conferences. He has guided 01 M.Phil
dissertation,14 MLIS dissertations . He has
co-authored 01 book, edited 04 books and has
the credit of publishing nearly 100 research
papers in various International/national
journals, conference proceedings, book
chapters etc .DrSatpathy has also served as the
Editorial Board members and reviewers of
many LIS journals
Keywords:
Library, LIS professionals, ICT,

Implications of Intellectual Property Rights for Libraries
Dr Y. SrinivasaRao
Dy. Librarian, School of Planning and Architecture,
Vijayawada
e-mail: ysraoo@gmail.com
Dr Y. SrinivasaRao
Abstract
Libraries play significant role in building
academic and research ecosystem. They
often create and invest-on intellectual
infrastructure resource facilitations to
support and deliver best education, research
and innovation’ with quality, equity,
integrity. They are the main drivers,
instructors and mentors to improvise
institutional research productivity
(publications, patents and citations) and
impact for greater visibility, ranking and
reputation.
In order to enrich academic and research
productivity and impact, there are issues of
intellectual property rights (IPR) need to be
addressed that will help the academic system
to manage scientific creativity (uniqueness),
quality and integrity (ethics) in scholarly
works. Further, the paper highlights
copyright case studies to better understand
scientific community effectively.
DrRao is currently working as Deputy
Librarian at the SPA, Vijayawada. He has
about 20 years of experience in the profession
of Librarianship and he worked at National
Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela and
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
(IDSA), New Delhi in different capacities.
DrRao was awarded doctorate, gold medal
and merit scholarship in the field of Library
and Information Science. His areas of interests
include academic library system, digital
resources and services, scholarly
communication, intellectual property rights,
open access etc. He organized many national
and international conferences, workshops etc.
He has also published papers in repute
journals and delivered lectures in various
forums.
Apart from that, he has been assigned various
academic responsibilities like Nodal Officer -
National Institutional Ranking Framework
(NIRF), Dy. In-Charge for JOSAA/CSAB
online counselling, Local Coordinator – GIAN
and Website I/C, etc. of the Institute.
Keywords
Academic Research Development;
Libraries; Intellectual Property Rights
(IPR); Copyright – Case studies.

Importance of R2
before I2
in Data Science
Dr. SatyaRanjanSahu
CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials
Technology
e-Mail: srsahu75@gmail.com
Dr.
SatyaRanjanSahu
Abstract:
It is now an established fact that the data can
make or break any existing customary
arrangements. But the unlocking the power of
data is very challenging. First and foremost, the
problem is messy data, which hinders in the
development of an automated system. So it is
difficult and time-consuming to make any
decision based on the available data.
The introduction of ICT facilitated easy
handling of data and information in the libraries
and information centers. But now, after two
decades, it is not so easy to handle vast chunks
of data collected or generated in libraries and
information centers. Heterogeneous nature,
missing entries, and large errors are the major
problems that the actual benefits of the data
science are not being extracted in the field.
Mostly the publication data are widely analyzed
and interpreted in Scientometric or Bibliometric
studies due to its structuredness. And it has
steered in development of different automated
systems or tools for the application in the field.
But close observation of above-structured data
shows that these automated systems or tools are
overlooking some aspects which could be
leading to false results and inferences.
During a data processing activity with huge
publications data, it was observed that
irrespective of the structuredness of the data,
some entities require further Refinement and
Restructuring (R2
) before Investigation and
Interpretation (I2
). It was found that the data
refinement using data analytics tools have little
use to fulfill the objectives. It also observed that
significant manual intervention is essential
during refinement and restructuring of data for
the reliable results and conclusions. Slowly
these manual interventions can be avoided using
artificial intelligence systems.
Dr. SatyaRanjanSahu is working as Senior
Scientist in the Computer, Networking e-
Management division of CSIR-Institute of
Minerals Materials Technology,
Bhubaneswar. Before his transfer to CSIR-
IMMT in October 2017, he was working as
Sr. Scientist and Head of Library at CSIR-
National Institute of Oceanography, Goa. He
is a 1st
class Science graduate with Master's
Degree in Lib Inf. Sc. from Utkal
University; Post P.G. Training Course in “IT
Application to Library Information
Services” from Indian Institute of Science
(NCSI), Bangalore, and the Ph.D. from
Sambalpur University, Odisha.
He has more than 15 years of experience in
library information centers as Project
Leader and Project Coordinator in National
and International projects such as ASFA
project (of FAO, UN) UNESCO/IOC
repository program, KNOWGATE of CSIR,
etc.
He was the board member as well as national
coordinator of the “Aquatic Science
Fisheries Abstract” database of FAO of
United Nations. As a member of national
international bodies, he has represented India
in different meetings at USA, Canada,
Belgium, Ecuador, Ireland, Peru, Vietnam
China as the board member. He has
guided/trained students professionals on
many occasions including as resource person
in national workshops. He has also published
more 10 articles in journals conference
proceedings.
Keywords:
Data Science, Data refinement, Data
processing, Data structuring, Data analytics

Transformation of Libraries and its Services in the Next Generation of Librarianship
Prof. R N Mishra
G M University
mishramzu@gmail.com
Prof. Rabinarayn Mishra
Library profession, in the midst of ICT, has
witnessed drastic changes. Its’ application in
the present library system reached beyond the
collections which act as a signifier of the
excellence of the academic library in general
and technical library in particular. This also
became a podium to providing value-based
information and qualitative services using
various tools and techniques to the patrons.
The increasing significance of the present
librarianship amidst the technology especially
Web 2.0 in the library fosters to commitment
for enhancing research productivity,
qualitative education, knowledge creators
than knowledge consumption, creating
information rich community and provide
services using multiple channels. The current
practices of the librarianship, further, focus
much upon creating a space for the patrons by
providing user-centric information to have
new creativity of ideas and exchange of the
same for productive value of research to
support the society and the nation as well
including providing a technology-based space
for collaboration, interaction, learning etc.
Realizing its significance in the libraries of
the technical institute, the professionals
embrace the technology and using their skills
and competencies they not only become
proactive to meet the user’ need and support
the system but also re-define the librarianship
by a plan of execution to make the vision a
reality. Capacity building and skill
development is the major and indispensable
criteria in such a dynamic change in the
technology domain, the librarian, though
confront with challenges accept the
responsibilities to stimulate teaching,
learning, and research by facilitating new
horizon of services in the next generation of
librarianship and these are the focus of
discussions in the paper.
Prof. Rabinarayn Mishra, a Retired Professor
Head of the Dept. of Library and Information
Science, Mizoram University (A Central
University) (‘A’ Grade Accreditation by NAAC),
Aizawl is presently associated with Sambalpur
Public Library, Sambalpur, Odisha, Coordinator for
Certificate in Digital Library at Odisha State Open
University, Sambalpur and Guest Faculty and
Acting Head in Dept. of Library and Information
Science at GangadharMeher University, Sambalpur.
He designed Bachelor of Library and Information
Science course in both Odisha State Open
University and GangadharMeher University. He
completed 33 years in teaching is an approved
counselor in the Library and Information Science of
IGNOU, New Delhi and OSOU. He attended more
than 38 conferences, seminars, and workshops both
national and international. He is the editor of 3
books and published 1 book. He has conducted 4
National Seminar and 1 International Seminar. He
is a resource person of Assam University, Silchar,
North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Guru
GhasidasViswavidyalaya, Bilaspur. To his credit,
he has contributed more than 72 research papers
published in various books, conferences, seminars,
journals both National and International. Under his
guidance, 5 scholars have been awarded Ph.D.
Degree and 13 scholars have been awarded, M.Phil
Degree. He visited many countries in connection
with Seminars/ Conferences etc. He is a reviewer of
both international and national journals. The
research areas of Prof. Mishra include
Bibliometrics, Information Literacy, Technical
Writings, IPR and Copyright, ICT application in
libraries, Knowledge Management etc..
Keywords:
Web.2.0, Library 2.0, Intelligent Technology, E
-Learning, Internet of Things, Social
Networking

Engaging with Communities and Driving Social Change: A New World Order for
Libraries and Librarians
Prof. BuluMaharana
Professor, Department of Library Information
Science, Sambalpur University
e-Mail: bmaharana@suniv.ac.in
Prof. BuluMaharana
Abstract
The paper illustrates the trend of increasing
community interaction, collaboration, and
engagement of the libraries. It embodies a
systematic review of latest research on libraries
expound the issue of libraries engaging with
people across social, economic, religious and
cultural milieu. The basic objective of such
engagement is to act as a catalyst for change and
to thrive the society. Traditionally, libraries have
been considered as repositories of knowledge
objects primarily aimed at catering diversified
information need of the user community.
However, there is a need for close partnership of
libraries with the communities contributing for the
social causes. Instead of being passive supporters
of social change, libraries need to act as driving
force with proactive involvement. Recently, the
developments in information technology and its
application in libraries paved the way for
increased collaboration and partnership with the
stake holders in the community and to creating a
community vision. Further, the library-community
engagement is critical for translating the civic
goals of the society into practice and thereby, has
lot of potential to resolve the social issues. The
paper discusses the complexities of understanding
the community, their information need and
policies for effective engagement of libraries.
Prof. BuluMaharana serving as Professor and HoD
in the Post Graduate Department of Library
Information Science, Sambalpur University, Odisha.
He obtained his M.Phil and Ph.D Degrees in Library
Information Science from the same University.
He started his career as a Professional Executive in
Indian Institute of Management, Indore and
subsequently joined as a faculty member at
Sambalpur University and continuing there for last
18 years. His areas of specialization include
Information Retrieval, Digital Library and
Knowledge Organization. He has published more
than 75 research papers and scholarly articles,
which are published in various national and
international journals. He has been serving as a
Member of the National Editorial Advisory Board
and Peer Reviewer of many national and
international journals. He has successfully guided
scholars for M.Phil and Ph.D level research work.
Dr. Maharana has also been serving in key
administrative positions at Sambalpur University
including Professor-in-Charge of Central Library,
Director, Internal Quality Assessment Cell (IQAC),
Deputy Director, UGC-HRDC, Chairman, Board of
Studies, etc.
Keywords:
Community Engagement; Library
services; Community Participation;
Outreach; Civic partnership

Abstract from the
Conference Proceedings

From Birth to Five: Students’ Perceptions toward Library Participation at Bauchi State
University Gadau Library, BASUG
Adamu, M.1
and Ali, Y.M. 2
1 2
Bauchi State University Gadau, University Library
Email: adammohammad6@gmail.com
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to examine whether the negative perceptions toward library
environment, peers, library services and library staff have an effect in contributing towards
decreasing or increasing library participations and patronizing among undergraduate students
at Arch. Namadi Sambo library, BASUG, Nigeria. In orde to evaluate the students’
perceptions of library participations and patronizing, four (4) scales were adopted and
modified from Library Anxiety for the novelty of this study. Self-report questionnaire
comprising the four (4) scales as well as demographic variables were incorporated into the
questionnaire.
The findings from Mann Witney U test and Krusskal-Wallis test conducted on library
environment, peers, library services and library staff with gender, age, and department as
independent variables did not show any statistically significant mean rank differences. The
results showed a statistically significant mean positive relationship between library
environment, library service, peers and library staff. Thus, null hypothesis was rejected. It is
hope that the Arch. Namadi Sambo Library and other academic libraries would adopts the
recommendations revealed by this study as the study discovered lack of awareness concerning
library services and facilities as the major factors toward decreasing library patronizing and
participations. Fortunately, library environment attracts the users for subsequent visit of the
library. However, with these factors, the management would be able to know their students’
perceptions towards library participation with after changes the students will be more useful
of the library and effective in their course of studies.
Keywords:Library, Environment, Library Anxiety, Peer, Service, Staff
Things to Understand in Internet of Things
Kavi Upreti
Scientific Officer (D), Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Mumbai- 400 094
Email: kavi@aerb.gov.in
Abstract
Internet of Things (IoT) is a combination of certain emerging technologies which makes the
things smart. With the integration of computer chips, sensors, actuators and internet
connectivity, many things and devices could be made smart. From IT to IoT libraries and
librarians are always modernising themselves to provide value added services to its users and
to keep themselves ready to accept the new challenges. Libraries are also becoming smarter
by adopting IoT in its various applications and services. Future libraries will witness major
impact of IoT in their operations and delivering services to their users. This paper examines
various things to understand by the library Information science professional including
characteristics, elements, architecture, associated techniques and applications of IoT in
libraries along with its advantages and disadvantages.
Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Libraries.

Information Delivery in Related to College and Learning Outcomes of Postgraduate
Diploma Students
Adamu, Mohammad1
and Zainab Abba Haliru2
1 2
Email:adammohammad6@gmail.com; zahalirui963@gmail.com
Abstract:
The objective of this study is to find out their information delivery in terms of college
and learning outcomes. The data of this study were received from four (4) different
Postgraduate Diploma Programmes in college which include; Postgraduate Diploma in
Education (PGDE), Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Policy (PGDPAP),
Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGM), and Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health
and Promotion (PGPHEP) through self-administered questionnaire during classes’ hours. The
data obtained were coded in and analyzed using the latest version of the Statistical Product
and Service Solutions (SPSS) windows software. Statistical analysis was performed to
determine the respondents’ frequency and percentage in terms of all items in the questionnaire.
A Pearman’s correlation test was performed to examine the relationship among Postgraduate
Diploma Students information delivery towards College and Learning. The results of running
the Pearman's correlation test showed a statistically significant mean and positive correlation
between College and Learning (n = 160, R = .21, p .001). Thus, those with positive
responses of college outcome tend to be those with positive responses with learning outcome;
this shows that both college and learning have corresponded with the PGD student’s
information delivery.
Keywords: Learning, Information, Respondents, Programme, Education
Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions towards using Electronic Library Section at the
Basug Library
Adamu, M.1
and Ali, Y. M. 2
12
Email: adammohammad6@gmail.com
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to determine the undergraduate students’ perceptions toward
BASUG e-library section as well as their awareness and usage of BASUG e-library resources
and services. In order to find out the meaningful findings, a self-report questionnaire-item was
formed in a link and sent to the group of undergraduate students via their email for the quick
response and time-consuming. The findings showed that majority of the undergraduate
students about 69 percent does not use BASUG e-library section, mostly indicated that the
only visiting the other sections of the library to avail themselves with the hard copy resources
and some even commented inability to access electronic resource as their reasons for not
attending the section, very few of them commented that sometimes they access e-resources
offline to benefit themselves. The study shows that the gender and age of the respondents
have significant effects on attending e-library section. This study recommended the teaching
of information literacy skills among undergraduate students as the number one priority
followed by introducing commercial services such as student’s online registrations activities,
type settings or proof readings services and other that will attract students to be frequent
visiting of the e-library section.
Keywords: E-Journal, E-Resources, Awareness, Usage, Information, Computer

Weaving the Historical Thread in Sharpeville: Memory Institutions as Citadel of
Cultural Heritage
Joseph Ngoaketsi1
, Collence T. Chisita 2
and Koketso Makwatlo3
1, 2, 3
Department of Information Sciences, College of Human Sciences,University of South
Africa
Email: 1
ngoakmj@unisa.ac.za, 2
chisitacollence@gmail.com, 3
Mokwaki@unisa.ac.za
Abstract:
Libraries, museums and galleries share a common denominator since they all
belong to the realm of memory institutions. However, it appears there is no synergy
between the Sharpeville Library under the Emfuleni Municipality and other related
institutions. Sharpeville occupies a significant historical space in the struggle forthe
liberation of South Africa. The article seeks to examine the extent to which the library,
museum and archivesengages with the memory of Sharpeville . The chapter will examine
how its memory institutions leverage the rich historical memory of Sharpeville. Since most of
the memory of Sharpeville resides in people’s minds, the researchers will examine the
extent to which the concept of embodiment as a source of memory is reflected in the
services of the library , museum and gallery. It will seek to find out the extent to which
living archives and libraries are incorporated. The article will examine how memorialization
and of Sharpeville is reflected in the ambience of the library, museum and memory
institutions. It will also examine how memory institutions can utilise the opportunities of
convergent technologies for seamless access to cultural heritage. The article will suggest a
strategy for strengthening the synergies between memory institutions in Sharpeville.
Keywords:Embodied Memory; Memory Institutions; Memoriliasation; Cultural Heritage;
Seamless Access
Utilization of Electronic Resources and Skills in Bauchi State University Gadau
Musa Y. Giade
Department of Library and Information Science,
Bauchi State University-Gadau P.M.B 65 Itas/Gadau L.G.A, Bauchi State-Nigeria
Email: musagiade001@gmail.com
Abstract:
Though the Government is highly committed to ICT implementation in higher
education, the effort seems to be hindered by a number of obstructions including poor
maintenance of electronic resources. Therefore, this study investigated the utilization of
electronic resources and skills in Bauchi state University Gadau to determine the level of
utilization and skills. Three research questions guided the study.
The population of the study was made up of 200 students and 70 lecturers randomly
selected from the institution. T-test was used to analyze the data generated. The findings
revealed that there are no adequate electronic resources for teaching and learning in the
University. Most lecturers and students have personal computers and merely use them for
teaching and learning. Moreover, the findings also reveal that most of the lecturers and few
students have electronic skills and applying the skills for teaching and learning. Some
recommendations were made based on the findings of the study.
Keywords: Electronic resources, Electronic utilization, ICT skills.

Strategies for Developing Open Distance E-Learning Curriculum for Library and
Information Science (LIS) Programme: A case of the Kingdom of Eswatini
Vusi Tsabedze
Department of Information Sciences, College of Human Sciences,University of South Africa,
Email: tsabevw@unisa.ac.za
Abstract:
The advent of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has brought about
a fundamental and dramatic shift in the global educational system, which is constantly
changing.This shift is manifested in various dimensionsincluding Open distance e-learning
(ODeL) where ICTs are used as tools for teaching and learning. Thus, ODeL has become an
integral part of the 21st century education and training as evidenced by its widespread and
wholesome adoption by different LIS institutions. Literature review reveals that in Eswatini,
library and information science (LIS) education is not yet grounded in institutions of higher
learning since only a few institution offer the programme. The article discussesthe critical
needs for developing ODeL curriculum for LIS schools in Eswatini.The discussion is rooted
within the perspectives of the benefits of developing an ODeL curriculum that will provide
accessibility to LIS education in the Eswatini; enhancing the quality of those programmes; as
well as the cost effectiveness of the ODeL programmes. Additionally, it presented the
strategies for developing an appropriate ODeL curriculum for the LIS schools in Eswatini.
This article proposes a framework for developing the ODeL curriculum for LIS. Such a
programme could be offered through the university of Eswatini to accommodate students
within and outside the country. Thus, ensuring that Eswatini makes its indelible imprint on the
global LIS Education and Training landscape..
Keywords:Library and Information Science, Open Distance E-Learning, Curriculum, Eswatini
Internet of Things: Application and Challenges in the Library
1
Anthonia Ukamaka Echedom, 2
Kakiri, Inemotimi Flint, and 3
Oyadonghan, Joyce
Chinyere
1
Head of Department, Library and Information Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
23
Library Department, Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Email: 2
inemotimi@yahoo.com; 3
joyceoyan@yahoo.com
Abstract:
This paper focused on Internet of things: application and challenges in the library. The
internet as an evolving technology has greatly affected all aspect of human endeavor. The
proliferation of the internet is made possible with the availability of broadband connection
devices via the internet at minimal cost, availability of more devices with network enabled
capabilities, and the coming into view of smart technology such as smart phones. Given the
above, the next generation of the internet will be tending towards the advancement of Internet
of things (IoT). This paper examine the IoT concept which is a model that considers existence
in the environment of different things/objects that communicates via connected platforms with
unique identification schemes and that work together to produce assiduous applications or
services targeted towards a common goal. The historical overview, characteristics,
architecture, application of the IoT in the library was considered with possible challenges in
the application of IoT in libraries. It was recommended that effort aimed at minimizing the
attendant challenges in the application of IoTs in library services highlighted in this work
should be carried out by continuous research and innovation.
Keywords: Internet of things, Characteristics, Application, challenges, Radio Frequency
Identification

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