Mohammad Nazim

Aligarh Muslim University | AMU · Department of Library and Information Science

This study aimed to determine the level of ICT self-efficacy among librarians working in the Libraries of Aligarh Muslim University Library System (AMULS). A structured questionnaire was used to conduct a quantitative survey. One of the researchers visited the Maulana Azad Library, Faculty and College Libraries, Departmental and Seminar Libraries,...

Funding has become the most significant element of supportive action for research that has served the research community in numerous ways to improve the advancement and development of society. Scientific research in India is funded by many public and corporate sector institutions and autonomous organisations, NGOs, and regional and international ag...

Purpose Mucormycosis has evolved as a post-COVID-19 complication globally, especially in India. The research on fungus has been very primitive, and many scientific publications have been discovered. The current COVID-19 pandemic needs further investigation into this unusual fungal infection. This review study aims to provide a pen-picture to resear...

Purpose The present study aims to examine the use of open access (OA) scholarly communication in India and investigate the factors affecting the adoption and use of OA scholarly communication among researchers. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a quantitative research approach using a survey method. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI...

The purpose of the study is to understand the publication and collaboration pattern in inorganic chemistry research using scientometrics and visualization tools. The application of the products of inorganic chemistry is very essential in our day-to-day lives. Many drugs are synthesized by applying the principles and reactions of this branch of synt...

Purpose This study aims to analyze Open Access (OA) publishing trends and policy perspectives in India. Different aspects, such as the growth of OA journals, digital repositories, the proportion of OA availability to research literature and the status of OA mandates and policies are studied. Design/methodology/approach Data for analyzing OA trends...

This paper discusses the theoretical aspects of Bradford’s law, its implications in different subject areas, various implementation forms, and its relevance in the published Information Science literature. The study attempts to apply Bradford’s law and Leimkuhler model on Information Science literature to a total of 213 source items listed in the S...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every sector, especially the global education system, which is now dramatically shifting its entire structure. All government, non-government and international agencies are recommending work from their home using various Virtual Teaching-Learning (VT-L) technologies to curbing the spread of the virus maintaining s...

Libraries are vital information centers in providing an atmosphere that allows people to acquire awareness, information, and education, particularly to disabled people who have restricted access to resources. Serving the persons with disabilities, the library should have dedicated personnel to communicate with them and offer practical assistance, p...

The commitment to Open Access (OA) movement has started revolutionising the outline of conventional scholarly publishing practices and welcoming the new wind to scientific research across the world. Motivating by the changing scenario, the study strives to analyse OA uptake by the Indian academic and research institutions concerning their research...

The purpose of this study was to assess the convenience and accessibility of library services to users with disabilities at Aligarh Muslim University in India. The study utilized both quantitative and qualitative methods through questionnaires, interview and remarks applying the IFLA checklist to investigate the scenario. The study established that...

This paper aims to examine the availability of Open Access (OA) research literature in the field of digital library. In order to analyse the availability of OA research literature in the field of digital library, a search was conducted on Web of Science’s Core collection database on June 11, 2019. In response to a topic search TS = “Digital Library...

The study attempts to trace the research trends in Biotechnology in India during 2009-2018 as reflected through scholarly publications index in Scopus database. During the mention period of time a total of 6034 research papers were found in Biotechnology research from India. The year 2016 is a most productive year with 894 (14.82%) publications fol...

This paper reviewed the studies published on citation impact of Open Access (OA) publishing and examined any positive or negative relation between OA the availability of publications and their citation counts. 57 articles on the theme were identified and collected from different sources, of which 11 were excluded as they were not either relevant to...

This paper aims to examine the acceptance and adoption of OA (gold and green) among faculty and researchers in India with specific reference to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). For examining the OA adoption, a search was conducted in the Web of Science’ Core collection database to collect articles contributed by the faculty and researchers of A...

The purpose of this study is to examine the citation impact of open access (OA) and non-OA journals published in India in health and medical sciences journals and to explore whether OA journals received more citations than non-OA journals. An evaluative scientometric approach was used to analyze the citations of articles published in Indian health...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the level of open access (OA) adoption by researchers in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), identify predictors of OA status (OA vs non-OA) and explore the availability of OA versions of the articles and venues used by the researches for hosting of their articles. Design/methodology/approach Articles contr...

The main objective of this paper is to explore the changing dimension of KM by comparing the nature of research carried out in KM during 1986 to 2016. Bibliometric and citation analyses methods were applied for exploring the trends in KM research in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS). Data for analysing the outcome of published lite...

This study aims to examine the skills gap that exists between required skills for KM and the provision of KM education and training offered by LIS schools in India. The study is based on qualitative research design. Content analysis and comparative methods are used as strategies of investigation. Initially, a list of required KM skills and competen...

The purpose of study is to know the self-archiving practices by Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals in India using e-LIS international open repository. Data was imported from the website of the e-LIS (e-prints in Library and Information Science) in Microsoft Excel format for analysing self-archiving practices by LIS professionals in...

This study analyzes the current state of gold Open Access (OA) in India based on papers published in the Web of Science indexed journals. It specifically focuses on research output published in OA journals and examines the difference between gold OA and general research output for papers authored by Indian researchers. In order to analyze the India...

The study aims to analyze the current trends in Open Access (OA) publishing and self-archiving. Five recent peer-reviewed articles published on OA publishing and self-archiving policies were identified and included in the study for analyzing current trends in OA publishing and self- archiving. On the basis of examination and analysis of findings of...

There is an increasing recognition of the value of knowledge and information to individuals, organizations and communities. Individuals are more adept at identifying, locating, interpreting and using knowledge. As knowledge has become a central productive and strategic asset, the success of all types of organizations is increasingly depend on their...

Social Networking (SN) began from late 20th Century and is growing up rapidly. It works as a medium of communication with one to another for sharing their experiences and information regarding their interest, and also helps to build up longtime relationship between individuals and groups. In the field of LIS services, it may help to romote the serv...

This chapter provides an overview of different types of organizational knowledge along with the strategy for managing each type of knowledge in libraries. Knowledge is categorized as tacit explicit, procedural, and cultural. Knowledge management (KM) strategies are broadly classified as codification and personalization. KM strategy has three critic...

This chapter outlines the importance of knowledge management (KM) in libraries. The concept of KM, its potential implications, benefits for libraries, and major challenges for librarians are examined from the viewpoint of library practitioners.

Purpose – The study aims to explore the relevance of knowledge management (KM) education within library and information science (LIS) educational courses in India. Design/methodology/approach – The study used a quantitative research approach. A Web-based questionnaire survey was designed and distributed through FreeOnlineSurveys.com for the coll...

Purpose – This paper aims to present an exploration of the potential utilisation of different information and communication technologies (ICT) in Indian academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach – A survey method was used for the collection of data. A structured questionnaire, containing close-ended questions, was sent by postal mail to 30 l...

Thispaper gives an account of the origin and development of Quick Response code and explains its concept and use particularly in libraries. In the 22 nd century, where technologies are growing rapidly, the code can be more helpful to encoding the information in secure way and as a point of data/character security. At the beginning of barcode and ti...

This study aims to identify, collect and critically review the research literature on the concepts of Knowledge Management (KM) among Library & Information Science (LIS) professionals. The present study is based on the review of published work in the field of KM and librarianship. It has been observed that the knowledge which is embedded in people...

The paper gives an account of the origin and development of the Open Access Initiative and explains the concept of open access publishing. It also highlight various facets related to the open access scholarly publishing in the field of Media & Communication on the basis of data collected from the most authoritative online directory of open access j...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and validate the competencies perceived to be essential for library and information science (LIS) professionals keeping in view the needs of knowledge management (KM) applications in Indian academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach After reviewing relevant literature on the topic, a list of 25...

The purpose of this paper is to examine librarians' perceptions of knowledge management, including its concept, potential applications, benefits and major challenges of its applications in Indian academic libraries. A structured questionnaire, containing both open and close-ended questions, was sent by postal mail to 30 librarians of academic libra...

The purpose of this paper is to examine librarians' perceptions of knowledge management, including its concept, potential applications, benefits and major challenges of its applications in Indian academic libraries. A structured questionnaire, containing both open and close-ended questions, was sent by postal mail to 30 librarians of academic libra...

This paper aims to understand the knowledge strategies followed by libraries of the central universities and Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) in India. For the purpose of identifying the most used KM strategies in academic libraries, 14 indicator variables were identified from the review of literature and retained for analysis. A total of 45 e...

With the development of information communication technologies, a number of alternative strategies to the traditional scholarly publishing system have been evolved. Among these, Open Access (OA) model which promise to be extremely advantageous to peers everywhere, especially to those who have acute shortage of resources for purchasing scholarly lit...

The purpose of this paper is to explore library professionals’ perceptions of knowledge management concepts, its applications and their perceived challenges to incorporate it into academic library practices. The study is based on the review of literature and the results of web-based survey of sixty-four library professionals of thirty academic libr...

Open access publishing is growing in importance, and, in parallel, the role of institutional archives has come to the forefront of discussion within the library community. The present study is an attempt to analyse the present trend of institutional archives worldwide. The factual data of each individual repository was collected from various Direct...

This paper examines the characteristic elements of various organizational factors to identify whether a favorable climate for implementing and sustaining knowledge management existed in Banaras Hindu University Library System (BHULS). The findings of the study show that there are fairly favorable conditions for adopting knowledge management practic...

This article defines digital library and its content. It also discusses various functions of content management with special reference to digital library. Selection and acquisition, indexing, storage, retrieval, maintenance and intellectual rights are some of the key functions of content management. Issues regarding authority, surrogate, creation,...

Purpose – The study aims to present a bibliometric analysis of scientific output of the plant Embelia ribes, the aim being to offer an overview of research activity in this field and characterize its most important aspects. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 332 articles were collected from following databases: Pub Med, Medicinal and Aromati...

Trends in open access publishing in India are discussed. Data was collected from directories of open access journals and institutional repositories. The URL of each institutional repository and open access journals was visited to collect relevant data and information including from earlier studies. Case study method was used to know the trends of o...

This study reports the results of a survey conducted at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to determine the extent to which Internet users are aware and make use of the Internet resources and services. The study examines the information searching behavior of Internet users. A questionnaire and follow-up interviews with the postgraduate students, resea...

This study reports the results of a survey conducted at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to determine the extent to which Internet users are aware and make use of the Internet resources and services. The study examines the information searching behavior of Internet users. A questionnaire and follow-up interviews with the postgraduate students, resea...

Presents a bibliometric analysis of scientific output in the area of ‘Information Literacy’(IL), the aim being to offer an overview of research trends in this field and characterize its most important aspects and their evolution over the last quarter of the 20th century. The analysis makes use of LISA Plus database, the search being restricted to p...

Highlights the importance of UN publications in research. Provides a brief sketch of UN depository library system including the criteria for designating a depository library. Presents the views on types of documents published by UN and its organs/agencies. Presents a practical approach for the organization of UN documents in depository libraries us...

Reports the results of a survey conducted at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to determine the extent to which Internet users are aware and make use of the Internet. Efforts are on to find the information searching habits of Internet users. Data were collected using a questionnaire and follow-up interviews with the Internet users of three institutes...

b Assistant Librarian, Central Library , Integral University , Lucknow- 226026 Examines the scientific output in the field of 'nanotechnology', the aim being to of fer an overview of research trends in this field and characterize its most important aspects such as growth of literature, authorship pattern, most productive journals, authors, countrie...

Explains what a digital library is and how it is designed to support access to digital contents and services. In a broad sense a digital library is simply an on-line system providing access to a wide variety of contents and services. Contents include virtually any kind of electronic material such as various kinds of electronic media (text, images,...

Discusses briefly the concept and characteristics of digital library.Digital library is simply an online system providing access to a variety of contents such as various kinds of electronic media(text,image,video,etc),licensed databases of journals,articles and abstracts and description of physical collections.The functions of content management su...

Information technology is currently taking center stage and transformed the whole world into a global village with a global economy, which is increasingly dependant on the creative management and distribution of information. The enormous advantages it has in easing the delivery of information around the world. The paper discusses the impact of info...

This study reports the result of a survey conducted at Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMIU) to determine the extent to which user are aware and make use of online journals. The study also examines the search pattern of online journals. A questionnaire was distributed among the Faculty members, Research scholars and Post-Graduate Students to colle...