August 2013

Effective communication in academic libraries: An imperative for knowledge delivery

  This paper highlights briefly the position of effective communication in academic libraries vis-à-vis prompt knowledge delivery. Definitions of the concepts of effective communication, academic libraries, and knowledge delivery are also given. The importance of effective communication in academic libraries is discussed. These include decision-making and knowledge delivery enhancement. The paper...

Author(s): Elizabeth I. Ifidon and Richard N. C. Ugwuanyi

August 2013

Gender differences in information retrieval skills and use of electronic resources among information professionals in South–western Nigeria

  The study investigated the gender differences in information retrieval skills and use of electronic resources based on a sample of 175 information professionals surveyed in academic libraries in South - western Nigeria.  The sample was selected from a population of 250 information professionals using a simple random sampling technique. Data for the study were collected by using structured questionnaire....

Author(s): Akande Samson Oyeniyi

August 2013

Research productivity of Indian Institute of Technology

This paper made an attempt to gauge the research output of IIT Delhi, one of prime intuitions of engineering and technology India. The research output for the period of 1964-2010 as indexed by “Scopus” was collected and analyzed for set objectives. It was found that a total of 15476 research papers from the institute were published in journals and conference proceedings for the study period. The average...

Author(s): Zahid Ashraf Wani, Mohd Tahir Pandit and Nighat Majeed

August 2013

Information seeking behavior of newspaper journalists

Sufficient knowledge about the information needs and seeking behavior of users is very important in order to develop good library collection and to provide effective and efficient services to the users. This article reports the results of a study conducted to determine the information seeking behavior of newspaper journalists working in Delhi, India. It was found that different categories of journalists used various...

Author(s): Gurdev Singh and Monika Sharma