Amrutraj Ravi Benahal

Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) · University Library

IFLA - Library Map of the World, 2020

Online electronic discussion lists provide a platform for discussing professional issues, disseminate notifications and communicate concerns about the profession. Job postings are also an integral part of such professional discussion lists. LIS forums are considered to be one of the reliable avenues for searching job openings. There is no uniform f...

Purpose The automation of library acquisition is a balancing act which involves dealing with institutional procurement policies, administration, vendors, finance, books, internal audit, reporting and, above all, tracking. Very few studies have dealt with the operational difficulties of the transition from manual to automated acquisition using Koha...

Libraries and information centers have been held accountable for the intellectual task of content management and digital archives since many decades. Presently, libraries and library professionals are in the midst of technological restructure to meet the ever-increasing expectations of its users to provide instant access to the required information...

Automation is not a new concept in the library sphere; many library management systems are being used across the world. Koha is an integrated library management system which stands out among other software mainly due to its rapidly growing user community and open source nature. While a few studies have looked at the adaptability of Koha in India, t...

Societies are transforming from information societies into knowledge societies. E-resources play an important role by providing a convenient medium and fast access to a vast range of information. Present paper attempts to identify the trends in using E-resources by various user groups. Distribution of user studies are studied with respect to pla...

Content creation and its management are complex processes. Digital Rights Management systems are designed to protect the rights of the creator. Paper discusses the definitions, features, basic components, models, solutions and discusses DRM in Indian copyright perspective.

In this paper an attempt has been made to identify the attributes of subject literature in Physics as reflected in theses submitted to Karnatak University, Dharwad during 1992– 2006. The study is based on the 10, 057 citations given in the references in the 37 theses. Subject wise distribution, form wise distribution, authorship pattern, chronolo...