The efficiency of the role operators of PRECIS may be studied from two viewpoints-quantitative as... more The efficiency of the role operators of PRECIS may be studied from two viewpoints-quantitative as well as qualitative. The frequency of appearance ofdifferent role operators in an input string may be taken as a measure ofsuch quantitative parameters ofefficiency. The scope of this paper lies in measuring the efficiency of role operators through their frequency of appearances in input strings. Most of the earlier research on PRECIS focused either on its general descriptions or its application to various subjects, media, languages, institutions, countries and to any regional/national/international information exchange network. No work has so far been reported which makes a quantitative evaluation of the system through its role operators except some general evaluative studies against different subject fields.1,2 MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred abstracts each related to the subject fields of taxation, genetic psychology and Shakespearian drama were recorded in slips from secondary sources like Journal of Economic Literature, Psychological Abstracts and Abstracts of English Studies respectively, published from 1970 to 1980. The PRECIS input string to each of the 600 items was based on the principles and methods recommended in the Manual.3 The role operators assigned to various concepts were then counted, irrespective of their affiliation with and position among other role operators in the input string. A frequency distribution of the role operators was then made with the help of tally-marks and the percentages of the frequency distributions were calculated.
The notion of neutral word string which can express, in a comprehensible summary form, the subjec... more The notion of neutral word string which can express, in a comprehensible summary form, the subject of a document, as far as practicable with a natural language order had an imporatant bearing on the organization of work in the Subject Division of BNB, where the writing of the PRECIS string is first done (7). The PRECIS section at BNB is divided into four groups; i) indexing, ii) SIN (Subject Indicator Number), iii) RIN (Reference Indicator Number), and iv) key punching (1). So far as the history of PRECIS is concerned, the paper by Austin in the Journal of Documentation (7) still holds the prime place. The paper discusses the development of PRECIS in seven main sections: i) introduction-the PRECIS system in its present form, the syntax and the semantic aspects; ii) the classificatory background of PRECIS-reference is made to the NATO/CRG research project and to a summary of CRG research; iii) the BNB/MARC project; iv) the OSTI/PRECIS project; v) the BNB/PRECIS project 1971-73-a flow-chart is included to show the administrative aspect of indexing; vi) a survey of research and development in the field, 1971-73; and vii) present development and future plans for PRECIS. A brief outline of the development of PRECIS and its other historical aspects were also provided by Austin (3, 8,10), Ottovar (61), Laliberte (53), Foskett (41), etc. A survey of preliminary work and thinking of the CRG (UK), which ultimately led to the development of PRECIS can also be found from Dionne (34) and Austin (9). 3. Description 3.1 General description The most comprehensive description of PRECIS is in the Manual which explains the system with all its practical implementation, and includes both a full explanation of the theoretical background and various sets of test questions (6,41). From the point of view of index production, this version can be regarded as a stable form. A simplified account of the system, however, can be had from Ramsden (68). Richmond (70) has also described PRECIS for North-American usage. Besides these, numerous articles have been published by Austin and his associates, and others describing the system, of which mention may be made to Austin (7, 8,11), Austin & Digger (13, 14), Adams (1), Bakewell (16, 17), Kemp (50), Supper (85), Wellisch (92), and Classification Research Group (UK) (30). Foskett (41) has given a brief overall account of the system. Some very brief comments on the system can also be had from Curwen (33), Hayes (44), Mabey (57), Scott (76) and Simpson (78).
‘Nay’ Ranganathan: An Inquiry into his Writings Through References to Sanskrit Literature
Besides being the apostle of Indian librarianship, Ranganathan was a prolific writer as well on v... more Besides being the apostle of Indian librarianship, Ranganathan was a prolific writer as well on virtually all aspects of library and information science. In order to strengthen his convictions, he effectively cited from ancient Sanskrit literature on numerous occasions. While citing from such literature, mostly from his memory, some errors appears to have occurred. This paper attempts to point out some such cases and identifies the probable sources of correct citation.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nov 4, 2022
This paper analyzes and compares selected open access self-archiving policies of various reposito... more This paper analyzes and compares selected open access self-archiving policies of various repositories of elite organizations registered in OpenDOAR, ROAR, and ROARMAP databases to report a multi-faceted panoramic overview on open access archiving policy. This paper discusses three open-access policies, viz. archiving policies, version policies, and withdrawal policies against different parameters. These policies and related issues have been discussed based on existing scholarly literature and best practice guidelines available at the national and international levels. The purpose of this paper is to suggest best practice guidelines and to provide a roadmap for developing an institute-specific IDR (the institutional digital repository) in the line of global recommendations. A total of 161 repositories were selected after overlap checking and based on the selection parameters mentioned in the methodology section. All these policies mentioned above must be formulated properly as it is found that the majority of IDRs do not have such policy guidelines. Some of the key issues are not properly covered and missing in literature even within the policy. Finally, recommendations have been made against each policy to develop IDRs globally. The paper's outcomes will be useful to future researchers and policymakers who will set up IDRs or have already developed IDRs for their organization. The outputs/results of this study may be used as a guiding tool and helpful to the open-access advocates, including policymakers library professionals, in developing repository policy for their organization. The policy framework could also be adapted to any institution irrespective of size and geographic location.
Collection Development and Organization in Institutional Digital Repositories: From Policy to Practice
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2022
This paper analyzes open access (OA) self-archiving policies of open access repositories of diffe... more This paper analyzes open access (OA) self-archiving policies of open access repositories of different organizations registered in OpenDOAR, ROAR, and ROARMAP databases. The policies relating to content policies, collection organization policies, metadata policies, submission policies, and multilingual policies, are required to be correctly formulated for the smooth functioning of any repository system on a global scale. The objective is to recommend institute-specific model policy with global recommendations and best practices. The methodology is twofoldfirst, to get an overview of policy issues as reflected in existing literature, and second, to analyze policy issues recorded in global registries and individual repositories. It was found that most of the organizations do not have a stated policy. Even within a specific policy, several key issues were missing. The outcomes of this research paper may help future researchers by providing a roadmap towards the successful policy implementation of open access repositories (OARs) in higher academic institutions. The paper may be helpful to the library professionals in devising institute-specific policy and may be a guiding tool to the policymakers.
This paper analyzes and compares selected open access self-archiving policies of various reposito... more This paper analyzes and compares selected open access self-archiving policies of various repositories of elite organizations registered in OpenDOAR, ROAR, and ROARMAP databases to report a multi-faceted panoramic overview on open access archiving policy. This paper discusses three open-access policies, viz. archiving policies, version policies, and withdrawal policies against different parameters. These policies and related issues have been discussed based on existing scholarly literature and best practice guidelines available at the national and international levels. The purpose of this paper is to suggest best practice guidelines and to provide a roadmap for developing an institute-specific IDR (the institutional digital repository) in the line of global recommendations. A total of 161 repositories were selected after overlap checking and based on the selection parameters mentioned in the methodology section. All these policies mentioned above must be formulated properly as it is found that the majority of IDRs do not have such policy guidelines. Some of the key issues are not properly covered and missing in literature even within the policy. Finally, recommendations have been made against each policy to develop IDRs globally. The paper's outcomes will be useful to future researchers and policymakers who will set up IDRs or have already developed IDRs for their organization. The outputs/results of this study may be used as a guiding tool and helpful to the open-access advocates, including policymakers library professionals, in developing repository policy for their organization. The policy framework could also be adapted to any institution irrespective of size and geographic location.
The paper provides an overview of institutional repository (IR) initiatives taken in several Euro... more The paper provides an overview of institutional repository (IR) initiatives taken in several European countries along with key declarations, statements, and projects for its development in Europe. The purpose of this article is to take a broad look at the current state of deployment of IRs in several European countries and to explore how national policies and strategies are shaping this deployment. The second objective is to design a set of parameters for the evaluation of IRs taking into consideration global recommendations and best practice guidelines. Thirdly, a comparative study of selected IRs has been performed on the basis of framed criteria or parameters. Finally key findings have been identified.
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2015
Web contents are interlinked at each other through hyperlinks. Inter-linking nature of web explor... more Web contents are interlinked at each other through hyperlinks. Inter-linking nature of web explores significant sources of information. In the context of exploring hyper-linking behaviour of the web and retrieving relevant information, search engines and web crawlers play a predominant role as data sources but search engines had mostly withdrawn their supports after December 2011. An attempt has taken to evaluate search engines (Google, AoL, Bing, Yahoo!) using some criteria and found that AoL has the highest coverage among these search engines. The paper also identifies various alternative data sources to carry out webometric research. The finding of the study shows that majestic.com is a predominant and comprehensive data source among alternative data sources in webometric research. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.35.6.8883
International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 2016
The paper investigates open access (OA) self archiving policies of different Open Access Reposito... more The paper investigates open access (OA) self archiving policies of different Open Access Repositories (OARs) of COAPI (Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions) founder members as reported in June 2011 (i.e. a total of 22 members against a total of 46 COPAI members as reported by Open Biomed (http://openbiomed.info/2011/08/coapi-cats/). The paper consulted three databases (OpenDOAR, ROAR and ROARMAP) in order to evaluate twenty-two (22) COAPI-members OARs self archiving policy documentations and highlights of some progress on issues so far. After analyzing policy documentations, key findings have been highlighted and common practices have been suggested in line with global recommendations and best practice guidelines at national and international levels for strengthening national research systems. The paper has implications for administrators, funding agencies, policy makers and professional librarians in devising institute specific self archiving policies for their own organization.
Collnet Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management, 2010
The paper focuses on the Web presence and visibility of websites of Asian countries. The paper tr... more The paper focuses on the Web presence and visibility of websites of Asian countries. The paper tries to highlight the Web presence using some webometric indicators like Internet access, webpages, number of Internet users, and link counts. The study analyzes the web presence using popular search engines like Altavista, Google, Yahoo and MSN. An attempt has also been made to fi nd out the Web Impact Factor (WIF) for selected Asian countries. The result shows that China (43.7%), Japan (16.2%) and India (10.4%) occupy highest web presence amongst Asian countries based on the total number of effective Internet users. China being the second highest number of Internet users having 11.8% after USA (19.7%) followed by India with 4.9% of world Internet Users and Japan is having the highest number of webpages followed by China and South Korea.
Strategic cooperation and consortia building for Indian libraries: models and methods
Library Review, 2006
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the state of libraries in India and summarise the s... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the state of libraries in India and summarise the strategic cooperative initiatives undertaken to improve user access to electronic information services.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology used included personal interview, e‐mail interaction and literature searches. Several strategies for retrieving information were used across both the professional and research literature [Library Literature, Library and Information Science s, and Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)] and the Internet (Google). A variety of search terms were employed to gain a broad overview of the subject and then more targeted terms to examine key aspects of the area of study with greater specificity. The paper also examines a range of general environmental factors impacting on libraries and which must be taken into account to accelerate the pace of beneficial change. It also lists the significant achievements in this field to date.FindingsThere are ...
International journal of information science and management, 2016
Provides an overview of Subject Repositories (SRs) throughout the World in response to the open a... more Provides an overview of Subject Repositories (SRs) throughout the World in response to the open access movement (OAM). It mainly highlights the current trends of repository development in Library and Information Science (LIS) field. This paper covers all repositories in LIS field as registered in OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repository) database. The main objective of the paper is to select a set of parameters for evaluation of LIS repositories with other disciplinary repositories taking into consideration global recommendations and best practice guidelines. The paper also shows the growth of selected LIS repositories in terms of volume and number of objects, contents type, software pattern, subjects coverage etc. Lastly points out lacunas of LIS repositories in compare to other disciplinary repositories as well as recommends possible directions which can make the repository sustainable and will change the culture of information exchange pattern in the social science disciplines as a whole.
International journal of information science and management, 2016
The paper provides an overview over the functionalities of the proposed harvesting model (BURA-Bu... more The paper provides an overview over the functionalities of the proposed harvesting model (BURA-Burdwan University Research Archive) and describes the activities involved in harvesting resources from OAI compliant LIS (Library and Information Science) repositories. Repositories, registered in OpenDOAR database, containing 'Library and Information Science' as one of the key subject have been considered and finally 117 repositories have been short listed on the basis of framed criteria. The purpose of this paper is to report an integrated Webenabled distributed harvesting model that can extract and update metadata index efficiently from any OAI-PMH driven repositories on global scale. The findings suggest that LIS repositories are not up to the global standards and lack contents compared to others disciplinary repositories. It should follow open standards and should respect essence of interoperability. The model may be an interoperability solution to the professional librarians in designing and developing federated search option for multiple repositories from a single-window search interface. Thus, it may be concluded that this proposed harvesting framework may work as a guiding tool to those who plan to set up new OAI-based service provider.
The efficiency of the role operators of PRECIS may be studied from two viewpoints-quantitative as... more The efficiency of the role operators of PRECIS may be studied from two viewpoints-quantitative as well as qualitative. The frequency of appearance ofdifferent role operators in an input string may be taken as a measure ofsuch quantitative parameters ofefficiency. The scope of this paper lies in measuring the efficiency of role operators through their frequency of appearances in input strings. Most of the earlier research on PRECIS focused either on its general descriptions or its application to various subjects, media, languages, institutions, countries and to any regional/national/international information exchange network. No work has so far been reported which makes a quantitative evaluation of the system through its role operators except some general evaluative studies against different subject fields.1,2 MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred abstracts each related to the subject fields of taxation, genetic psychology and Shakespearian drama were recorded in slips from secondary sources like Journal of Economic Literature, Psychological Abstracts and Abstracts of English Studies respectively, published from 1970 to 1980. The PRECIS input string to each of the 600 items was based on the principles and methods recommended in the Manual.3 The role operators assigned to various concepts were then counted, irrespective of their affiliation with and position among other role operators in the input string. A frequency distribution of the role operators was then made with the help of tally-marks and the percentages of the frequency distributions were calculated.
The notion of neutral word string which can express, in a comprehensible summary form, the subjec... more The notion of neutral word string which can express, in a comprehensible summary form, the subject of a document, as far as practicable with a natural language order had an imporatant bearing on the organization of work in the Subject Division of BNB, where the writing of the PRECIS string is first done (7). The PRECIS section at BNB is divided into four groups; i) indexing, ii) SIN (Subject Indicator Number), iii) RIN (Reference Indicator Number), and iv) key punching (1). So far as the history of PRECIS is concerned, the paper by Austin in the Journal of Documentation (7) still holds the prime place. The paper discusses the development of PRECIS in seven main sections: i) introduction-the PRECIS system in its present form, the syntax and the semantic aspects; ii) the classificatory background of PRECIS-reference is made to the NATO/CRG research project and to a summary of CRG research; iii) the BNB/MARC project; iv) the OSTI/PRECIS project; v) the BNB/PRECIS project 1971-73-a flow-chart is included to show the administrative aspect of indexing; vi) a survey of research and development in the field, 1971-73; and vii) present development and future plans for PRECIS. A brief outline of the development of PRECIS and its other historical aspects were also provided by Austin (3, 8,10), Ottovar (61), Laliberte (53), Foskett (41), etc. A survey of preliminary work and thinking of the CRG (UK), which ultimately led to the development of PRECIS can also be found from Dionne (34) and Austin (9). 3. Description 3.1 General description The most comprehensive description of PRECIS is in the Manual which explains the system with all its practical implementation, and includes both a full explanation of the theoretical background and various sets of test questions (6,41). From the point of view of index production, this version can be regarded as a stable form. A simplified account of the system, however, can be had from Ramsden (68). Richmond (70) has also described PRECIS for North-American usage. Besides these, numerous articles have been published by Austin and his associates, and others describing the system, of which mention may be made to Austin (7, 8,11), Austin & Digger (13, 14), Adams (1), Bakewell (16, 17), Kemp (50), Supper (85), Wellisch (92), and Classification Research Group (UK) (30). Foskett (41) has given a brief overall account of the system. Some very brief comments on the system can also be had from Curwen (33), Hayes (44), Mabey (57), Scott (76) and Simpson (78).
‘Nay’ Ranganathan: An Inquiry into his Writings Through References to Sanskrit Literature
Besides being the apostle of Indian librarianship, Ranganathan was a prolific writer as well on v... more Besides being the apostle of Indian librarianship, Ranganathan was a prolific writer as well on virtually all aspects of library and information science. In order to strengthen his convictions, he effectively cited from ancient Sanskrit literature on numerous occasions. While citing from such literature, mostly from his memory, some errors appears to have occurred. This paper attempts to point out some such cases and identifies the probable sources of correct citation.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nov 4, 2022
This paper analyzes and compares selected open access self-archiving policies of various reposito... more This paper analyzes and compares selected open access self-archiving policies of various repositories of elite organizations registered in OpenDOAR, ROAR, and ROARMAP databases to report a multi-faceted panoramic overview on open access archiving policy. This paper discusses three open-access policies, viz. archiving policies, version policies, and withdrawal policies against different parameters. These policies and related issues have been discussed based on existing scholarly literature and best practice guidelines available at the national and international levels. The purpose of this paper is to suggest best practice guidelines and to provide a roadmap for developing an institute-specific IDR (the institutional digital repository) in the line of global recommendations. A total of 161 repositories were selected after overlap checking and based on the selection parameters mentioned in the methodology section. All these policies mentioned above must be formulated properly as it is found that the majority of IDRs do not have such policy guidelines. Some of the key issues are not properly covered and missing in literature even within the policy. Finally, recommendations have been made against each policy to develop IDRs globally. The paper's outcomes will be useful to future researchers and policymakers who will set up IDRs or have already developed IDRs for their organization. The outputs/results of this study may be used as a guiding tool and helpful to the open-access advocates, including policymakers library professionals, in developing repository policy for their organization. The policy framework could also be adapted to any institution irrespective of size and geographic location.
Collection Development and Organization in Institutional Digital Repositories: From Policy to Practice
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2022
This paper analyzes open access (OA) self-archiving policies of open access repositories of diffe... more This paper analyzes open access (OA) self-archiving policies of open access repositories of different organizations registered in OpenDOAR, ROAR, and ROARMAP databases. The policies relating to content policies, collection organization policies, metadata policies, submission policies, and multilingual policies, are required to be correctly formulated for the smooth functioning of any repository system on a global scale. The objective is to recommend institute-specific model policy with global recommendations and best practices. The methodology is twofoldfirst, to get an overview of policy issues as reflected in existing literature, and second, to analyze policy issues recorded in global registries and individual repositories. It was found that most of the organizations do not have a stated policy. Even within a specific policy, several key issues were missing. The outcomes of this research paper may help future researchers by providing a roadmap towards the successful policy implementation of open access repositories (OARs) in higher academic institutions. The paper may be helpful to the library professionals in devising institute-specific policy and may be a guiding tool to the policymakers.
This paper analyzes and compares selected open access self-archiving policies of various reposito... more This paper analyzes and compares selected open access self-archiving policies of various repositories of elite organizations registered in OpenDOAR, ROAR, and ROARMAP databases to report a multi-faceted panoramic overview on open access archiving policy. This paper discusses three open-access policies, viz. archiving policies, version policies, and withdrawal policies against different parameters. These policies and related issues have been discussed based on existing scholarly literature and best practice guidelines available at the national and international levels. The purpose of this paper is to suggest best practice guidelines and to provide a roadmap for developing an institute-specific IDR (the institutional digital repository) in the line of global recommendations. A total of 161 repositories were selected after overlap checking and based on the selection parameters mentioned in the methodology section. All these policies mentioned above must be formulated properly as it is found that the majority of IDRs do not have such policy guidelines. Some of the key issues are not properly covered and missing in literature even within the policy. Finally, recommendations have been made against each policy to develop IDRs globally. The paper's outcomes will be useful to future researchers and policymakers who will set up IDRs or have already developed IDRs for their organization. The outputs/results of this study may be used as a guiding tool and helpful to the open-access advocates, including policymakers library professionals, in developing repository policy for their organization. The policy framework could also be adapted to any institution irrespective of size and geographic location.
The paper provides an overview of institutional repository (IR) initiatives taken in several Euro... more The paper provides an overview of institutional repository (IR) initiatives taken in several European countries along with key declarations, statements, and projects for its development in Europe. The purpose of this article is to take a broad look at the current state of deployment of IRs in several European countries and to explore how national policies and strategies are shaping this deployment. The second objective is to design a set of parameters for the evaluation of IRs taking into consideration global recommendations and best practice guidelines. Thirdly, a comparative study of selected IRs has been performed on the basis of framed criteria or parameters. Finally key findings have been identified.
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2015
Web contents are interlinked at each other through hyperlinks. Inter-linking nature of web explor... more Web contents are interlinked at each other through hyperlinks. Inter-linking nature of web explores significant sources of information. In the context of exploring hyper-linking behaviour of the web and retrieving relevant information, search engines and web crawlers play a predominant role as data sources but search engines had mostly withdrawn their supports after December 2011. An attempt has taken to evaluate search engines (Google, AoL, Bing, Yahoo!) using some criteria and found that AoL has the highest coverage among these search engines. The paper also identifies various alternative data sources to carry out webometric research. The finding of the study shows that majestic.com is a predominant and comprehensive data source among alternative data sources in webometric research. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.35.6.8883
International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 2016
The paper investigates open access (OA) self archiving policies of different Open Access Reposito... more The paper investigates open access (OA) self archiving policies of different Open Access Repositories (OARs) of COAPI (Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions) founder members as reported in June 2011 (i.e. a total of 22 members against a total of 46 COPAI members as reported by Open Biomed (http://openbiomed.info/2011/08/coapi-cats/). The paper consulted three databases (OpenDOAR, ROAR and ROARMAP) in order to evaluate twenty-two (22) COAPI-members OARs self archiving policy documentations and highlights of some progress on issues so far. After analyzing policy documentations, key findings have been highlighted and common practices have been suggested in line with global recommendations and best practice guidelines at national and international levels for strengthening national research systems. The paper has implications for administrators, funding agencies, policy makers and professional librarians in devising institute specific self archiving policies for their own organization.
Collnet Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management, 2010
The paper focuses on the Web presence and visibility of websites of Asian countries. The paper tr... more The paper focuses on the Web presence and visibility of websites of Asian countries. The paper tries to highlight the Web presence using some webometric indicators like Internet access, webpages, number of Internet users, and link counts. The study analyzes the web presence using popular search engines like Altavista, Google, Yahoo and MSN. An attempt has also been made to fi nd out the Web Impact Factor (WIF) for selected Asian countries. The result shows that China (43.7%), Japan (16.2%) and India (10.4%) occupy highest web presence amongst Asian countries based on the total number of effective Internet users. China being the second highest number of Internet users having 11.8% after USA (19.7%) followed by India with 4.9% of world Internet Users and Japan is having the highest number of webpages followed by China and South Korea.
Strategic cooperation and consortia building for Indian libraries: models and methods
Library Review, 2006
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the state of libraries in India and summarise the s... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the state of libraries in India and summarise the strategic cooperative initiatives undertaken to improve user access to electronic information services.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology used included personal interview, e‐mail interaction and literature searches. Several strategies for retrieving information were used across both the professional and research literature [Library Literature, Library and Information Science s, and Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)] and the Internet (Google). A variety of search terms were employed to gain a broad overview of the subject and then more targeted terms to examine key aspects of the area of study with greater specificity. The paper also examines a range of general environmental factors impacting on libraries and which must be taken into account to accelerate the pace of beneficial change. It also lists the significant achievements in this field to date.FindingsThere are ...
International journal of information science and management, 2016
Provides an overview of Subject Repositories (SRs) throughout the World in response to the open a... more Provides an overview of Subject Repositories (SRs) throughout the World in response to the open access movement (OAM). It mainly highlights the current trends of repository development in Library and Information Science (LIS) field. This paper covers all repositories in LIS field as registered in OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repository) database. The main objective of the paper is to select a set of parameters for evaluation of LIS repositories with other disciplinary repositories taking into consideration global recommendations and best practice guidelines. The paper also shows the growth of selected LIS repositories in terms of volume and number of objects, contents type, software pattern, subjects coverage etc. Lastly points out lacunas of LIS repositories in compare to other disciplinary repositories as well as recommends possible directions which can make the repository sustainable and will change the culture of information exchange pattern in the social science disciplines as a whole.
International journal of information science and management, 2016
The paper provides an overview over the functionalities of the proposed harvesting model (BURA-Bu... more The paper provides an overview over the functionalities of the proposed harvesting model (BURA-Burdwan University Research Archive) and describes the activities involved in harvesting resources from OAI compliant LIS (Library and Information Science) repositories. Repositories, registered in OpenDOAR database, containing 'Library and Information Science' as one of the key subject have been considered and finally 117 repositories have been short listed on the basis of framed criteria. The purpose of this paper is to report an integrated Webenabled distributed harvesting model that can extract and update metadata index efficiently from any OAI-PMH driven repositories on global scale. The findings suggest that LIS repositories are not up to the global standards and lack contents compared to others disciplinary repositories. It should follow open standards and should respect essence of interoperability. The model may be an interoperability solution to the professional librarians in designing and developing federated search option for multiple repositories from a single-window search interface. Thus, it may be concluded that this proposed harvesting framework may work as a guiding tool to those who plan to set up new OAI-based service provider.
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