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The present paper endeavors to profile the types of research published in Indian Journal of Open Learning (IJOL) from 2000 to 2009. The article analyses the content published in IJOL along the parameters of citation analysis, geographic diversity, authorship pattern, research methodologies used, most popular areas among the researchers and gaps which need to be worked upon. These parameters or variables have been used in various studies published earlier; findings of the present study have been compared with the previous studies. It analyses the citations appended in the articles published in the IJOL (vol. no. 9 to 18) to determine the information use pattern of the researchers in the area of open and distance education. The study has covered 2929 citations appended in 204 articles authored by 335 contributors. The present study attempts to explore the information seeking behavior of researchers in the discipline of distance education. It is expected that the present study will stimulate researchers to profile other distance education journals and conduct comparative journal studies [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Modern tool like computer has replaced traditional methods of storing and retrieving knowledge. Retrospective conversion of manual bibliographical records on online mode is considered to be the first step in the direction of computerisation process in the library. This paper attempts to analyse the retrospective conversion process undertaken by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), New Delhi, a premier social science research library in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article investigates the extent to which Delhi libraries cater to the research needs of researchers in India. Quantitative data revealed that frequency of use of a particular library depends upon the adequacy of the collection in the subjects needed by researchers, and the availability and quality of the services provided by the library. It was also found that most of the problems that library users encounter are caused by his or her lack of awareness about the services available in the library. This indicates the need for libraries to organize regular use-education programs to add the value of the services that they offer.

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the use of the Internet in the scholarly communication of the social scientists in IGNOU and analyse its impact on their research and working in the Open Distance Learning (ODL) environment. In the category of scholarly communication, we include both research as well as course development work. Findings of this study highlight purposes and frequency of use of the Internet by the social scientists, their methods of locating, accessing and using information on the Internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]