The present age has been rightly called as an Information Age. Information has become the most important element for progress in society. According to Kemp “information has been described as the fifth need of man ranking after air, water, food and shelter”. Everyone needs information about everything even in his day to day life.

The present paper explained the concept of H- index its calculations, and publication of University of Mysore. It is explained merits and demerits of H index. The Web of science contains 2959 records of University of Mysore under institutional address search(1999-2014March) . There are 14430 citations. The institutional h index is 40.

आधुनिक काल में सूची को एक उपकरण माना जाता है|उपकरण पूर्ण समक्ष होना चहिए । यह सोचना नितान्त भ्रमपूर्ण है कि किसी भी प्रकार की सूची के काम चल सकता है । आज सूची का कार्य पाठकों की अनेकानेक अभिगमों को सन्तुष्ट करना है| पाठक को यादि ग्रन्थ अथवा ग्रन्थों के सम्बन्ध में तनिक भी सूचना प्राप्त है तो उसको ग्रन्थ प्राप्त कराने में सहायक सिद्ध होना चाहिए। सूची निर्माण से तात्पर्य मुख - पृष्ठ की नकल करना मात्र नहीं है|आज सूचीकार का कार्य अत्यन्त जटिल , दुरूह तथा विशिष्ट योग्यता वाला समझा जाता है|

In this paper an attempt has been made to know the use of usage of print media libraries of north India. The twelve print media libraries have been taken in this study on the basis of circulation of newspaper as defined in the encyclopedia of land and people. To conduct this study earlier published literature on this topic were deeply studied and detailed review of literature has also been presented. In order to collect the data from the users of the print media libraries a structured questionnaire was designed keeping in view the objectives of the study. 10% of the sample size of the total population was taken into account to know the actual utilization of print media libraries. The result of the study has been presented in this paper using the simple percentage approach in tabular form.

This paper highlights importance of library automation in presence context of information technology, were the libraries are expected to play a dynamic role in facilitating information to the user community. The authors conducted a survey on the application of automation software in some selected colleges of coastal Karnataka. The findings of the survey cover several aspects of automation in the college libraries. The result of the survey indicate that application of library automation software are plays a significant role in coastal Karnataka college libraries. The structured questionnaires were distributed to senior grade librarian and received 100% response rate. The respondents gave different opinion about library automation softwares and this paper also discussed about the library automation softwares are used by the librarians through different forms and tries to understand their level of satisfaction in using the library sources and services.

This paper presents the growth and development of library collection at Ananda Ranga Pillai Library Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. It describes both the Print and Electronic collection development in the library and also discusses about the collection development policy adopted by the library and lists out the challenges in developing library collection, particularly in electronic and digital environment. The author also suggests the ways and means to adopt need based collection development policy which best suits for providing effective information services to the user's community via, Cooperative collection development and consortium with other institutions

This paper main objective of a library is to provide information and knowledge those who seek them, through a document collection. Selection policies and practices play a fundamental role in developing storage collection. Collection development involves a number of activities by which a library acquires materials of all types by implementing the selection policy and the plans for document acquisition. Collection development is a dynamic and continuous activity. This article reflects the impact of information technology on collection development and collection management.

This paper attempts to probe the opportunities of rural tourism in Hyderabad- Karnataka region, rural tourism can help in shaping our society. It can have advantages on rural as well as urban communities. There is a scope of rural tourism in Hyderabad- Karnataka region. The government should encourage Private enterprises to promote tourism in rural areas. For developing the rural tourism we need to understand the rural environment, and socio-culture, economic, historical background of those places. How we can involve the rural people to enhance their socio-economic condition. To develop a strategic plan for rural tourism we have to understand the rural tourism resources and it's needs and wants and how to match it with our rural infrastructure and challenges in the future to make successful utilization of rural resources for the empowerment of this region. Rural Tourism can develop a win-win situation for both the rural and urban communities.

Any organisation's website can be used for several purposes, enable the users to get more information of the particular organisation. This paper aims to studythe websites of Research Councils of India through webometric method. Websites of 13 Research Councils in India were considered based on www.aicte-india.org/recouncilsinindia.htm. Concepts like Alexa Traffic Rank and Google PageRank are considered for this study.

Information and communication technologies have introduced new methods of teaching and conducting research. This paper is primarily concerned with self- efficacy in the context of information literacy. The focus is primary on the concept of self efficacy, followed by attainment of self efficacy beliefs. The outcome of a comprehensive study on information literacy of Polytechnic college library professionals, with special reference to rapidly changing scenario of divergent information resources.

In the era of Information explosion e-resources are the only solution in the academic community for dissemination of knowledge in the present context This paper discuss about NLIST: National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content regarding its services, available electronic resources like journals, e-books, bibliographic database and E-resources for technical institutions (IITs, IISc, IISERs and NITs). It also highlights that who can access these resources and how, in present time how many colleges are registered and accessing these resources. These resources are subscribed by the NLIST consortium for colleges.

An institutional repository expands a scientific library's ability to participate in the scholarly communication system, and this capability should be considered a source of value, especially in a world that continues to migrate to the digital. The spread of knowledge in term of publications among the community is also an important task of scientific institute. Institutional repository fulfils this necessity. In this consequence NIOH has been developing an institutional repository to accumulate the occupational health research work of this institute. In this article, a case study of National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH) institutional repository namely “??????” (Kalpakosh) is reported.

This paper analyzes the livelihood of the Bharwad pastoral communities in Sadhi Village of Padra in Vadodara, Gujrat. The study employed Participatory Rural Appraisal and survey methods. Stakeholders’ consultations were carried out at community, district, and regional levels. The study shows that livestock mobility would continue to ensure high productivity due to changing environment, change water and feed sources, better pasture supply, etc. The livelihood of the pastoralists diversified into crop production, petty trades, wage. The study revealed that the agro-pastoralists are poorer than the pure pastoral communities indicating that farming has been adopted to cope with food insecurity caused by declining livestock herd. The study shows that pastoral is the base of Bharwad in Sadhi . The standard of life is still lacking in Bharwad communities in Padra .after independence of 67 years still they are facing the lack of basic needs in their life.they are having no pakka home for their families, they do not have fertile land for cultivation and permanent selter.Even they do not have basic education for their children so they are forced to adopt the pastoral life they do not have scope for qualitative slandered life or to adopt another source of livelihood .Finally research recommended some suggestions that government should make arrangement to increase standard of their life in the field of acricultural ,irrigation facilities,more subsidies to such communities ,arrangement of better education,helth and alternative employment facilities to their children..

Annals of Library and Information Studies had taken for this study covers from 2009-2013. The paper analyses the authorship pattern, the range and frequency of articles published. The maximum number of paper published in "Annals of Library and information Studies" during the study period is 44 research paper published in 2010 and minimum number of papers is 27 in 2012. The results indicate that the trend is towards two authorship 46.62 and average length of paper as above 10, degree of collaboration as 0.668.

The sugar industries contribution to the Indian economy is substantial. In the state of Maharashtra sugar industry is the biggest industry employing thousands of workers. work place assessment of many sugar factories indicated poor sanitary provisions, lack of personal safety equipments, high temperature, inadequate lighting, unsafe working procedure, high level of vibration , presence of chemical hazards, high concentration of dust, poor ventilation and total lack of welfare facilities. In present investigation randomly selected ten workers from manufacturing section of sugar industry were assessed for the study of grip strength and physical fitness score. It was found that the physical fitness score of workers during work is at low average than control group, it correlates with adverse working conditions in work place environment of sugar industry and lack of welfare facilities

he paper is an outcome of a survey aimed to determine the levels of student's satisfaction in using electronic resources at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. The students of Sri Venkateswara University are taken as a sample for the survey which is conducted through a questionnaire method. The question focused on the frequency of visit, purpose of visiting the library and level of satisfaction about electronic resources available in the University library. On the whole, majority of the students are satisfied with regard to the Internet facility compared to other e-resources and services available in the library

Many scholars have tried to find out the real reason for the occurrence of tragedy in the lives of protagonists of Shakespearean plays. Many people have attributed the reasons to the external forces like war, ambition, jealousy and so on. But when we look at these reasons, we understand that any normal human being would definitely have all these characteristics in him or her. But no one ends his or her life tragically. The present paper is an exploration of psychological reasons for the occurrence of tragedies in the plays of Shakespeare. The paper proves that maladjustment of masculine and feminine traits is the reason for the tragedies of Shakespeare.

Traditionally, it was believed that religion, social status and property were the source of power and authority through which a few controlled the liberty of the others. To overcome this, Ambedkar's political philosophy advocates the use of force and social organization in determining important issues in any society. He proposes that the combined strength of the untouchables alone was a remedy to their ailing issues. It was their strength alone that was capable of influencing the decision of the majority, which were at times contrary to their interests. The only method by which the community could overcome the impediment of their development was by relaying on the importance of being organized what others espoused through violence was intended to be achieved by Ambedkar through constitutional means.

The number of users making online transactions has registered a strong growth in the recent past. In today's world of globalisation, expansion of business is possible through internet. Understanding the behaviour of online consumers is crucial for business enterprises to grow. Hence the study aims to examine the behaviour of the online users engaged in Business to Consumer (B2C) E-commerce. A questionnaire based survey is used to examine the most conducted and recommended online activities; their preferred reasons; modes of online payment; factors limiting the popularity of online transactions and features enhancing the quality of an online experience. The survey findings indicate booking travel tickets online as the most conducted and the recommended online activity in India and time saving as the most important reason for conducting these transactions. Indian consumers consider risk of theft of personal/banking information and inability to assess the quality of product as the two important factors limiting the popularity of online transactions and a more secure website as the most significant feature for a better online experience.

The study was conducted in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Women Beneficiaries of DWCRA. It was observed that Majority (73.33%) of the women beneficiaries of DWCRA had medium level of awareness followed by the remaining with high (15.84%) and low (10.83%) awareness. Independent variables Age, Education, Family Occupation, Socio-Economic Status, Income Generation, Training Received, Innovativeness, Self Reliance, Risk Orientation and Market Orientation were positively and significant in their relationship with Awareness of women beneficiaries of DWCRA and it also revealed that all the eleven independent variables together explained a significant amount of variation in their awareness i.e 66.12 per cent.

Traditionally, it was believed that religion, social status and property were the source of power and authority through which a few controlled the liberty of the others. To overcome this, Ambedkar's political philosophy advocates the use of force and social organization in determining important issues in any society. He proposes that the combined strength of the untouchables alone was a remedy to their ailing issues. It was their strength alone that was capable of influencing the decision of the majority, which were at times contrary to their interests. The only method by which the community could overcome the impediment of their development was by relaying on the importance of being organized what others espoused through violence was intended to be achieved by Ambedkar through constitutional means.

The increasing price of electronic journals, indexing and abstracting databases along with the traditional published print Subscriptions has forced library community to explore alternative means of Subscription The emergence of library a very promising development in this direction The phenomenon of consortia or group of libraries maintaining information resources together has become very common these days, in India during last Few years we witnessed many consortia based Subscription This paper briefly discusses the concept, need advantages and also the major consortia initiatives in India.

The number of users making online transactions has registered a strong growth in the recent past. In today's world of globalisation, expansion of business is possible through internet. Understanding the behaviour of online consumers is crucial for business enterprises to grow. Hence the study aims to examine the behaviour of the online users engaged in Business to Consumer (B2C) E-commerce. A questionnaire based survey is used to examine the most conducted and recommended online activities; their preferred reasons; modes of online payment; factors limiting the popularity of online transactions and features enhancing the quality of an online experience. The survey findings indicate booking travel tickets online as the most conducted and the recommended online activity in India and time saving as the most important reason for conducting these transactions. Indian consumers consider risk of theft of personal/banking information and inability to assess the quality of product as the two important factors limiting the popularity of online transactions and a more secure website as the most significant feature for a better online experience.

Traditionally, it was believed that religion, social status and property were the source of power and authority through which a few controlled the liberty of the others. To overcome this, Ambedkar's political philosophy advocates the use of force and social organization in determining important issues in any society. He proposes that the combined strength of the untouchables alone was a remedy to their ailing issues. It was their strength alone that was capable of influencing the decision of the majority, which were at times contrary to their interests. The only method by which the community could overcome the impediment of their development was by relaying on the importance of being organized what others espoused through violence was intended to be achieved by Ambedkar through constitutional means.

Traditionally, it was believed that religion, social status and property were the source of power and authority through which a few controlled the liberty of the others. To overcome this, Ambedkar's political philosophy advocates the use of force and social organization in determining important issues in any society. He proposes that the combined strength of the untouchables alone was a remedy to their ailing issues. It was their strength alone that was capable of influencing the decision of the majority, which were at times contrary to their interests. The only method by which the community could overcome the impediment of their development was by relaying on the importance of being organized what others espoused through violence was intended to be achieved by Ambedkar through constitutional means.

The reading habits are always been seen as an important element in a person's culture and education. It indicate the, purpose of reading, preference of language, library collection, assistance from the library staff in the use of resources and services to meet necessary help to users their information requirements. In this paper discussed about the reading habits of Rural People. A total of 162 interview schedule were collected among the Rural People in Public Library. Out of 162, 41(25.31%) are preferred the cinema/entertaining news. Secondly the politics and social news preferred by 36(22.22%) professionals are preferred by the respondents.