Amit Kumar

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• PhD (Library and Information Science)
• Professor (Associate) at Central University of Gujarat

Agriculture is India's largest livelihood provider, and traditional knowledge is passed down through generations. Libraries are crucial in supporting agricultural research and education, providing open access to resources. Information centres like CeRA, AGRIS, ICAR, and FAO Institutional Repository of Agriculture-KrishiKosh promote the use of agric...

This study explores the evolving needs of Generation Z (Gen Z) and Generation Alpha (Gen Alpha) users in the context of libraries, emphasizing the critical role of social listening as a tool for engagement. Social listening, a technique used by professionals to track online conversations and mentions about brands, products, and services, offers val...

This paper investigates the correlation of ResearchGate among the faculties of sciences in the central universities of NorthEast India using Altmetrics approaches. As more innovation is seen and the discipline is in its early stages, the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology is the primary study area. The study focuses primarily on faculty a...

The emergence of online learning has acquired the attention of learners and educators in the 21st century. The need has arisen especially when the world has suffered from the Covid-19 pandemic, the institutions of higher learning have come up with the latest technologies to combat the learning environment scenario. The present study mainly analysis...

A new approach or new metrics have been adopted for the purpose of the study, where Horticulture Researchers of Assam Agricultural University have been taken into account. The study is the first of its kind to analyse the ResearchGate profiles of the researchers by adopting Altmetrics analysis. The results show that the researchers of the Horticult...

This research delves into the multifaceted challenges inherent in the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), drawing insights from an extensive analysis of newspaper articles. The study culminates in the creation of a comprehensive conceptual model. The derived thematic analysis uncovers a spectrum of prevailing challenges...

The new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 of India offers an all-encompassing framework from primary education through higher education, vocational & and technical education, and a new paradigm of internet-based e-learnings. In order to establish perfect harmony with the principles of the United Nations (UN) 2030 plan for sustainable development...

The study examined university teachers’ digital literacy in Nigeria’s south-south geopolitical region. The descriptive survey approach was used, and three research questions served as the study’s direction. Data were gathered via an online questionnaire. SPSS version 23 was used to calculate the mean and standard deviation after frequency counts an...

COVID-19 undoubtedly brought about drastic and dramatic change in library service delivery. Libraries adopted several strategies to ensure that their services were continuously offered without significant interruptions. Consequently, this article focused on reshaping libraries after the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlighted the impact of the pandemic o...

Business Information Systems (BIS) is a professional discipline that combines Computer Science, Management, and Business Administration. In this article the researchers evaluate the evolution of BIS curriculum in terms of its past, present and future, considering its historical background, the existing strengths and weaknesses, and how it can be de...

Business Information Systems (BIS) is a professional discipline that combines Computer Science, Management, and Business Administration. In this article the researchers evaluate the evolution of BIS curriculum in terms of its past, present and future, considering its historical background, the existing strengths and weaknesses, and how it can be de...

Business Information Systems (BIS) is a professional discipline that combines Computer Science, Management, and Business Administration. In this article the researchers evaluate the evolution of BIS curriculum in terms of its past, present and future, considering its historical background, the existing strengths and weaknesses, and how it can be de...

The integration of social media into libraries has become a popular worldwide trend, offering the potential to improve services and increase user participation. This literature review explores the benefits, challenges, and barriers experienced by libraries during social media integration. A comprehensive search was conducted, and the literature was...

The wellness tourism industry has been rapidly growing and emphasizes health and well-being. In recent times, there has been increasing interest in alternative and complementary therapies, with bibliotherapy being one such approach that has shown to have a positive impact on mental and physical health. In this study, the researchers synthesizes rel...

The use of altmetrics as a method to evaluate the impact of research is introduced. The typical approach to evaluating the worth of scientific work relies on journal-based metrics, citations, and peer review, which can take weeks or even years for completion. It focuses on the evidence supporting assertions that altmetrics make it possible to gauge...

Purpose: In this era of new science and technologies, transfer and sharing of knowledge are quite easier than the traditional one. Social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram is some of the most popular platforms for immediate sharing and transfer of information among people. It is a popular place where people can discuss their issues and c...

The paper discusses the various facets of Google Lens to understand how Google Lens can replace traditional techniques of library services and to use Google Lens in the libraries and information centers for providing information to the users and even enhanced and enriched outreach services. The study has employed qualitative analysis of the literat...

Bibliotherapy, which uses books and other reading materials to cure mental health difficulties, can be a tremendous help in guiding a person to achieve well-being. Despite it being a practice from ancient times and it is used in various regions across the world, library professionals are still not fully aware of the application of bibliotherapy. It...

Government of India paved the way for transformative reform in education system by launching the New National Education Policy (NEP) on 29th July 2020 that aims to address the many growing developmental imperatives and proposes the revision and revamping of all aspects of the education structure to create a new system that is aligned with the aspir...

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been conferred to outstanding individuals for their epoch-making works since the inception of the Nobel Prize in 1901. The Nobel Laureates in Chemistry is selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Fifteen outstanding individuals have been conferred the Nobel Prize from 2014 till 2018. This study attempts t...

In an environment where higher education is competitive, learning resources are frequently seen as significant intellectual property and often come at a cost that leads to the exclusion of a group of aspiring learners. Open Educational Resources (OER) are digital learning materials that are freely and publicly available on the Internet from organiz...

Purpose: The academic social networking sites are considered as the most significant tools for sharing and analyzing scientific work for increasing the visibility of research. These social networking has emerged as the significant area to undertake various activities at different level. The prime objectives of the present study are to investigate t...

The main goal of the paper is to look into the relationships among the faculties in school of physical sciences at the top NIRF-ranked institutions in North-East India. A few parameters are used in the study to assess the association between the ResearchGate measures.

The purpose of the present study is to provide the insight into media literacy awareness and practice among undergraduate students of Arts and Science disciplines at Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, followed by the emphasis on student’s skills of using the application of various media platforms for academic purposes. The random (purposive) sam...

This book aimed at academics, academic managers, administrators and professionals in scientometrics, information scientists and science policy makers at all levels. This book reviews the principles, methods and indicators of evaluative of information processes in science and assessment of the publication activity of individuals, teams, institutes a...

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. While extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of inform...

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. While extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of inform...

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. While extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of inform...

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. While extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of inform...

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. While extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of inform...

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. While extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of inform...

The concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) is a topic of growing interest for researchers as a powerful contribution to improving the quality and openness of the education system. The goal of this particular research is to review the literature on the concept of ‘Open Educational Resources (OER)’ through bibliometric lens, published by Springe...

This paper uses the h-index for the perusal of the profile pictures of researchers who have been awarded the Noble Prize in Chemistry from 1901 till 2021. In the present study, the publication data of 49 Nobel Laureates in the Chemistry discipline has been analyzed where the citation data from the Scopus database is considered. The h-index has been...

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been conferred to outstanding individuals for their epoch-making works since the inception of the Nobel Prize in 1901. The Nobel Laureates in Chemistry is selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Fifteen outstanding individuals have been conferred the Nobel Prize from 2014 till 2018. This study attempts t...

The impact of the work of any researcher is vital for a variety of reasons. While it helps the universities to decide the appointment of researchers in the position of faculty, it also helps the funding organizations to decide on the funding of their research works. Further, the impact helps the award-giving institutions, like the Nobel Committee t...

The present study analyze the data regarding h-Indices and the number of citations in respect of Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and Economic Sciences extracted from Scopus and Google Scholar. The Pearson correlation and Spearman correlation have been used for analysis for all Nobel Laureates. Data from the profiles (Google Scholar and Scopus) are tak...

The preservation and conservation of traditional manuscripts is an age old practice. But for the past two decades or so, preserving the endangered manuscripts through digitization has become the prime concern of governments so that such manuscripts can be kept safely for future generations as manuscripts are considered to be an important asset to k...

The paper intends to explore MOOC that has attained considerable attention in attracting the academic intellectuals of different disciplines across the globe. The purpose of the paper is to analyse, evaluate and understand the barriers followed by the scope of implementing MOOC courses especially the LIS perspective in northeast India. The paper al...

The present study reviews the literature published by SpringerLink for the past one decade on the concept of ‘Green Marketing’ that is emerging as a vital component in marketing discipline, through bibliometric perspectives. The study introduces about the concept of ‘Green Marketing’ followed by the bibliometric analysis of 372 articles published i...

The study examines papers published in the Journal of Big Data between 2016 and 2020. Over the period, 352 articles were published in the journal. The study includes findings of year-wise distributions of articles, growth rates of publications, authors, etc. The most contributions were made in 2019 with 113, and the least was in 2016 with 26. Among...

Purpose: The concept of MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) has emerged as a new face in educational landscape and gaining the popularity across the globe. The paper is to provide the perspective of MOOC and to discuss the expected role and responsibilities of Libraries and LIS professionals. Methodology: The possible opportunities available in MOOCs...

Institutional Repositories is Considered as an important jewel of a university library. Consequent upon the advancement of Information and communication technology, the libraries across the globe have emerged with the innovative ideas to meet the information needs of the patrons of which Institutional Repository is one of such invention. Institutio...

The present paper seeks to review the literature, through bibliometric lens, published by SpringerLink for the past decade on the concept ‘media literacy’. This study provides a detailed concept and definition of media literacy and review of related literature. The bibliographic details retrieved from SpringerLink database (https://link,springer.co...

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore the OER issues and problems experienced by social scientists at select higher educational institutions in India. In addition, the study also focuses on to create awareness about the concept and recommends some points to improve the OER practice. Design/Methodology/Approach: The relevant data for the s...

Abstract Purpose – The paper intends to explore e-shodhsindhu problems and barriers experienced by librarians of higher educational institutions. Design/methodology/approach – To accomplish the objectives of the study, librarians viewpoint was collected through a well-structured questionnaire consisted several question keeping in mind the objective...

Purpose – The paper intends to explore the use and practice of the marketing concept by libraries, find out their problems followed by the best possible suggestions to improve the level of practicing the concept among medical college libraries in Assam. Design/methodology/approach – In order to accomplish the objectives of study, the librarians vie...

Purpose – The paper intends to explore users’ opinion on use and practice of e-ShodhSindhu: Consortium for Higher Education e-Resources by the users’ i.e. library visitors in particular, of five member libraries of e-ShodhSindhu consortium namely Mizoram University (MZU); University of Delhi (DU); Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI); Central University of H...

Discuss the concept, importance, genesis, evolution of Library Consortia in Indian context and it's role in providing research support to the higher educational institutions by providing access to high quality e-journals, e-books, online/offline databases for research and development. It also highlights the major e-journals consortia initiatives in...

Purpose – The concept of marketing has caught the eye of LIS professionals as it has plenty of possibilities to uplift the profession’s image ensuring the quality of services. Keeping the focus of the concept of marketing, the present paper intends to explore the users’ opinion about use and practice of marketing concept in medical college librarie...

Social media commonly known as a variety of (Web2.0) web based tools is an emerging technology being applied in libraries to improve the library and information management and quality of services. Use of social media by public at large is to connect, collaborate and create web content for information dissemination and sharing the information with u...

Librarianship has been the noble profession since beginning and passing through several changes in recent past. Marketing is one of them which is emerging as an indispensable tool and need of the hour to justify the existence of profession. The present paper discusses about.

ICT development has made sharing of education and knowledge much easier as compare to the past. Many developments have already taken place in the education sector and, in the recent past, the open educational resources (OER) have emerged as the new dimension of learning in today’s information society. The OER movement has got the attention across t...

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore the use and practice of open educational resources in social science discipline at University of Delhi, Delhi. Design/Methodology/Approach: The relevant data for the study was obtained through a well-structured questionnaire followed by personal interview wherever it was required. The well-st...

The paper explores the Social Media Impact on Reading Habits on Secondary and Higher Secondary Students of Laluk Higher Secondary School in Lakhimpur District, Assam.

Study is an attempt to examine the research output of University of Delhi. To list out the research output of University of Delhi Web of Science citation database is used to collect data. Further the study investigate the most productive author, collaborative pattern and highly cited article etc. The present study is confined to the contribution of...

Study has been conducted to know the marketing of LIS product and services at North Lakhimpur College Library in Assam. A structured questionnaire was distributed among 102 students and same is collected from the students. The findings of the study depict the image of marketing of LIS Product and services at North Lakhimpur College Library. The stu...

Purpose: The study is an attempt to measure the research output of Indian Institute Technology (IITs) in quantitative manner as appeared in Web of Science (WoS) database from 1989 – 2018 (14.09.2018). In addition to measure the research output, the study aims to investigate the contribution made by the IITs, the most productive authors and their co...

With the increasing use and popularity of social media platforms, it has become imperative for organizations whether public or private to connect with mass through it. Consequently, the social media use by mass and need of the organization to connect with them have given the birth to the concept social media analytics (SMA) that measure the engagem...

The concept open access is gaining the momentum in education across the globe. it has given rise to the concept open education resources (OER) and it is whole heartedly welcomed by the scholars everywhere in the world. The present paper discusses about the concept of open educational resources (OER) and its benefits. The aim of this paper is to cre...

The aim of this article is to explore the students ’opinion of Institute of Technology and Science (ITS), Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad, with regard to the attitude and use of Informal Learning Spaces (ILS). A survey was conducted through a well-structured and precise questionnaire circulated personally among 170 students studying at ITS, Mohan Nagar, Gha...

The prime objective of education and knowledge is meant to be shared for peer collaboration. ICT developments have made it possible in such a way that the dissemination of information/knowledge has become much easier without spending too much time. The concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) is emerging as a boon for society to transform learni...

New Horizons of Librarianship in Knowledge Society

Librarianship in New Millennium

This paper explores the growth and development of the periodical literature published by Emerald on the concept 'Library Consortia' and to provide the bibliography for ready reference on the subject from the study. Bibliographic data obtained from the Emerald database (www.emeraldinsight.com) using keywords like 'Library Consortia', 'Library Consor...

In ICT intensive environment the societal demands are changing I rapidly and government is taking this issue seriously and coming up with certain steps to empower the education system in society. The paper discusses about the consortia and its related aspects and provides a brief account of various consortia initiatives in India and abroad. Further...

The paper deals with the concept of wiki, its historical development, differentiate with blog and the benefits of using it in libraries. the paper also shows how to create a simple wiki website with www.wikispace.com

Paper discusses about the global space for librarianship and how librarianship can get the attention and concern of society at global level. And furthermore, paper also present some of the points to catch attention at global level.

In the past one decade or so several research studies have been conducted around the world in exploring and finding the feasibility of the application of marketing philosophy in the field of library and information science especially for the purpose of promotion of the products and services An effort to collect, organise and analyse the quantum of...

This paper deals with marketing of Library and Information Sciences products and services of the select economics libraries in Delhi. Marketing, nowadays, is becoming imperative to be applied as it helps a lot to not only overcome the problem of underutilisation of library resources but also help in organisation and management of libraries in much...

The paper deals with the concept of Blog, its historical development, types, and the benefits of using it in libraries. This paper also shows how to create a blog on blogger.com.

The paper presents an overview of Consortium for Educational Communication, its structure and facilities provided and further how it is helping the society and empowering e-learning in India.

Purpose- Present paper is an attempt to explore the students’ opinion of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, regarding the use of Informal Learning Spaces. Design/methodology/approach- A survey was conducted through a well structured and precise questionnaire and circulated personally among 180 students studying at Indian Institute of Technology...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the students’ opinion of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, regarding the use and success of mobile technology in the library environment for providing better services by library and their expectations from the library through mobile technology. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the students’ opinion of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, regarding the use of social networking sites (SNSs)/tools by library and their expectation from the library through SNSs. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted using a well-designed questionnaire circulated among...

The present paper is a sincere attempt to discuss the concept of computer virus, its symptoms and how they are spread. Further the paper also suggests the precautions that need to be taken by the LIS professionals while working with computers and information storage, processing and dissemination using the computer devices.

Paper discusses the concept of digital preservation, its objectives, strategies, and storage media used in digital preservation of information. Also it explores need of digital preservation along with the future prospects of digital preservation.