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The paper gives an overview of open access (OA) institutional digital repositories (IDRs) in agricultural fields. The main objective is to provide free and unrestricted access to the public funded research outputs in global-scale in the domain of agricultural by developing a single window search interface as a useful tool for agricultural researchers in developing countries with special reference to India keeping in view the exorbitant cost of research output. It reports the design and development of a federated search interface, viz. AgriCat that facilitates resource sharing through extracting metadata from different OAI (Open Archives Initiative) compatible agricultural IDRs registered in OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories) database. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays the intellectual output of the students, faculty and the institution plays an important role in the teaching learning process of a Higher Educational Institution (HEI). Articles, lecture notes, project/thesis, audio/video files, photographs, institutional magazines, journals, newsletters and circulars, annual reports, calendars, curriculum, syllabus and question papers etc are scattered in many places of an institution in print and electronic form. Hence it is essential to collect, classify, arrange and store these materials digitally in a single platform by establishing Institutional Repository (IR) and to provide easy access to them over intranet/internet to the institute community and others. This paper reports the findings of the study on the use of IR software, level of initiation / implementation, usage level and the exposure of librarians on IR in the HEIs of Tamil Nadu i.e. State Universities, Deemed Universities, Engineering Colleges and Arts and Science Colleges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Institutional Repositories (IRs) are an effective way of managing and disseminating institutions’ in scholarly communication. More specifically, an IR enhances the visibility and discoverability of the content and validates the repository’s importance. Knowledge Organisation System (KOS) strengthens the digital content organisation, connects users with collections, and improves information retrieval functionalities. This paper investigates the present status of user interface features and incorporates KOS in the institutional repository of technical institutions, restricted to Centrally Funded Technical Institutions in India. A group of twenty-four web-accessible institutional repositories was identified, and their KOS and user interface features were evaluated. It was found that user interfaces of all IRs under study comply with essential search and navigation functionalities, such as simple and advanced search, browsing, faceted or filtering approaches, and integration with multiple KOS. Only a few of them include complex KOS, such as control vocabulary. All repositories show their search results in both normal-text and metadata views. Some have specific display features, such as highlighting the query or displaying a thumbnail. Google is one of the most popular search engines that indexes IR content for visibility and discoverability, and approximately 90 per cent of repositories are linked with NDLI. Global visibility and impact participation are moderate, and they require attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A study was conducted to investigate the accessibility and use of perception on open access resources used in the library and Information Science students in Idhaya College for Women. In this paper, an attempt has been made to study the awareness of open access resources. The methodology adopted for the study surveyed in which questionnaires, interviews, and observations were used in a collection of the data. A total of 131 respondents participated in the study. 80(61.07%) of the frequency are UG Students while 51(38.93%) are PG Students in the use of open access resources in Idhaya College for Women. show that the Using of open access resources 32(24.43%) respondents information access for Research purpose only. Show that the frequency-wise respondents used in open access resources in daily used in 25(19.08%). Show the Time Spend for the open access resources respondents used in Less than 2 hours used in 29(22.14%). Show that the used in open access resources in a maximum of respondents daily used in home 32(24.43%). Show that the Problems of used in open access resources in a maximum of respondents Privacy problem faced in 27(20.61%),UG students access the problems of 20(20.62%) PG students access the problems of 7(20.59%).Show that the Storage of open access resources in the maximum of respondents PPT in 42(32.06%), followed by Word Document 28(21.37%).Show that the Impact of using open access resources of respondents Provides free online access to the necessary literature for my research strongly Agree for the 32 (24.43%) Agree for 46(35.11%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model ensures that an organisation charged with the task of preserving information (here, digital information) makes it accessible to the designated community in the long-term. It elucidates the functions and processes so as to promote interoperability amongst digital libraries, archives and other institutions and provides a framework for describing and comparing different long-term digital preservation strategies and techniques. This paper discusses what it means to be OAIS compliant for the pilot institutional repository at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG). It maps the six entities of an OAIS-compliant repository (Ingest, archival storage, administration, data management, preservation planning and access) onto a pilot institutional repository (IR) structure of the IIG. It discusses the policies and procedures required for effective OAIS implementation within the IIG institutional repository and ways to effectively develop these based on experiences from abroad. The paper further assesses how the institute's operational structure can be informed by the OAIS and vice versa. It establishes the role of the preservation service provider for the IIG IR, and explores the potential for interaction between IIG and such service providers.It identifies the rights and responsibilities, services and actions, and apportions these between the IR and the third-party preservation repository service. It identifies the tools and develops the processes to implement the preservation services and actions. It is expected that this study can be of use to other organisations that might want to undertake implementation of the OAIS reference model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper explores the Institutional Repository as an indispensable tool for knowledge management process. It also tries to reestablish Dr. S.R. Ranganathans' philosophy of knowledge generation, evaluation and utilization especially of nascent micro thoughts and its mechanism in contemporary digital arena. The paper includes concepts, definitions and types of knowledge and KM and IR. It provides criteria, structural design and functions of IR including HRM and IR application Management. It emphasizes that IR can be an effective tool for KM in higher learning institutes and universities with the help of the latest IR software and its peripheral technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]