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Existence of aeromycoflora inside Institute of Agriculture library, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan India was studied with the help of Burkard Personal one day Volumetric Sampler for eight months from August 2014 to March 2015 with variation of temperature from 11.200C to 33.390C and relative humidity (RH) 51%-86.87%. Ten fungal species namely Drechslera sp.; Aspergilli/penicillin sp.; Bispora sp.; Basidiospore sp.; Ascospore sp.; Nigropora sp.; Pericornia sp.; Fusarium sp.; Cladosporium sp.; Trichornis sp. were identified. Maximum fungal spores were identified in September (8052 spores/m-3 air) and minimum in November (1056 spore/m-3) in air. The findings help take proper preventive measures to control the presence of fungal spores in the air of the library which in turn will save library collections and reduce cause of health hazards to library personnel as well as users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information is considered as one of the most powerful instruments for bringing about socio-economic development on egalitarian line. After independence Government has undertaken various measures for increase of literacy among the people, especially for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities and to make them educated, aware about the need and importance of information, knowledge for development. The present study is an attempt to examine whether three successive generations of the primitive community, the Santals, living in close proximity with the educated and cultured environment of Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan have brought about any change in their attitude towards education in general and information in particular. It was observed from the study that there is no significant difference of attitude generation wise towards information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rabindranath Tagore has composed more than two thousand songs. His songs known as Rabindra Sangit have become a symbol of cultural ethos of both India and Bangladesh. The present paper is an attempt to study the growth of Rabindra Sangit, Tagore's writings on songs as well as its publication trends with the help of bibliometric technique. It is observed from the study that songs and writings on songs in different literary forms constitute a substantial part of Tagoreana (all the intellectual output of Rabindranath). Tagore composed songs throughout the different phases of his literary career. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rabindranath Tagore, the world-famous poet, is also considered as the pioneer of rural development programme in India. He started rural reconstruction project at Sriniketan in 1921 aiming to make villagers self-reliant and self-respecting, and competent to make efficient use of resources for the fullest development of their physical, social, economic and intellectual potential and abilities; and to get them acquainted with the cultural tradition of their own. For this purpose Tagore laid full emphasis on collection and dissemination of information. The present paper is an attempt to highlight how information on rural Bengal was collected, disseminated and utilized for preparing rural development plan and its implementation. It also tries to highlight the functions of the Rural Reconstruction Centre to the dissemination of information to rural masses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses need for an national health data agency (HDA) in India for disseminating and maintaining health data within the country; and need for HDA to coordinate with existing data-holders, such as the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Dept. of Health Research.