http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13874 Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/15703 Title: Problems and prospects of Hindi language search and text processing <br/> <br/>Authors: Tripathi, Aditya <br/> <br/>Abstract: Hindi has evolved to its’ present form almost a thousand years before. Today it has become a major language of the world and requires representation over Web as an expressive language for literary people and those who love to communicate in Hindi. Unicode has enabled to read and write over the Web but Hindi text processing and retrieval are some major issues which should be given considerable attention. The present paper draws attention of researchers to undertake the challenging areas of Hindi language processing and invites them to undertake research projects. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 219-222 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/15702 Title: A freak phenomenon in the realm of impact factor <br/> <br/>Authors: Sen, B K <br/> <br/>Abstract: The impact factor of <i>Acta Crystallographica Section A </i>jumped from 2.051 in 2008 to 49.926 in 2009. It may be noted that in 2009 this journal had the highest impact factor among all the journals indexed in <i>Journal Citation Reports</i>. Even in 2010, the journal ranked second with impact factor 54.333^1,2. The rise in the impact factor of the journal was attributed to a single article entitled ‘A short history of SHELX’ by George Sheldrick³. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 289-290 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/15701 Title: Dementia research in India: A scientometric analysis of research output during 2002-11 <br/> <br/>Authors: Gupta, B.M.; Kaur, Har; Kshitig, Avinash <br/> <br/>Abstract: The study analyses the dementia research output from India during 2002-11 on different parameters including the growth, global publications share, citation impact, share of international collaborative papers, contribution of major collaborative partner countries, contribution of various subject fields and by type of dementia, productivity and impact of most productive institutions and authors and patterns of research communication in most productive journals. SCOPUS Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 10 years (2002-11) by searching different relevant keywords in its combined title, abstract and keywords fields. Among the top 20 most productive countries in dementia research, India ranks 16^th (with 1109 papers) with a global publication share of 1.24% and an annual average publication growth rate of 25.58% during 2002-11. Its global publication share has increased over the years, rising from 0.54% in 2002 to 2.20% during 2011. Its citation impact per paper was 5.11 during 2002-11, which decreased from 7.29 during 2002-06 to 4.33 during 2007-11. Its international collaborative publications share was 24.54% during 2002-11, which decreased from 28.57% during 2002-06 to 23.07% during 2007-11. India’s publications efforts are quiet low considering that to 3.7 million people suffering from dementia in India. It, therefore, needs to increase its output and bring about improvement in the quality of its research efforts. Indian medical and social research funding agencies must establish a more ambitious funding program into the causes, prevention, cure and care of dementia. At the national level, there is a need to have a consultation for evolving research strategies and for delineating specific directions to investigate the etiology, treatment and care provisions for persons involved in dementia. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 280-288 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/15700 Title: Adoption and user perceptions of Koha library management system in India <br/> <br/>Authors: Kumar V, Vimal; Jasimudeen, S <br/> <br/>Abstract: Adoption and use of open source library management systems in Indian libraries is gaining momentum. Koha is the first free and open source library automation package. Its excellent features have made it popular among the user community within a short span of time. This paper provides a brief picture of Koha software adoption and the users’ perceptions about it in the Indian library scenario and evaluates the satisfaction level of Indian library professionals with Koha. It is found that the software is popular among the southern states of India and the number of Koha users in India is growing. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 223-230