http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9726 Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9753 Title: Lotka’s Law : a viewpoint <br/> <br/>Authors: Sen, B K <br/> <br/>Abstract: Discusses the meaning of author productivity and research productivity and shows the difference between the two.Demonstrates how simply the value of c and á pertaining to the equation of Lotka’s Law can be calculated. The value of áobtained according to the method described in the paper seems to be equally good, if not better than the value obtained throughPao’s method. The method is much simpler compared to Pao’s method. Both the data sets taken for the study by and large followLotka’s Law. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 166-167 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9752 Title: Mapping of science and technology output of Brazil during 1997-2007 <br/> <br/>Authors: Gupta, B.M. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Examines Brazil’s performance in S&amp;T during 1997-2007 based on several parameters including the country’s annual averagegrowth rate, global publication share and rank, strong and weak subject areas (in terms of national priority, international collaborativeshare and global share), institutional profile of select top institutions, overall international collaboration profile and majorcollaborative partners, patterns of communication in national and international journals and characteristics of its highly citedpapers. The Scopus international multidisciplinary bibliographical database has been used for collecting the publication data ofBrazil. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 150-165 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9751 Title: Perceptions and attitude of students in relation to vandalism in a University Library <br/> <br/>Authors: Salaam, Mulikat O; Onifade, Fehintola N. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Reports a study carried out at the University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria in November, 2009 to find out students’ perceptions and attitudes to vandalism in the library. To elicit the necessary information, a questionnaire was distributed to 500 randomly selected students of the University spread across the nine colleges out of which 386 responded. Analysis of their responses showed that vandalism of library materials in the form of theft, mutilation and hiding of books and journals, is largely regarded as a form of academic self-survival strategy that is hardly frowned at by majority of the respondents. Factors that predispose to vandalism include limited library collections; restrictions in the use of some materials; number and duration of loans; insufficient number of copies of recommended textbooks; unaffordable cost of personal textbooks; high cost of photocopying as well as peer-influence. Recommendations are made for liberalization of loans, intensification of user education, provision of multiple copies of standard textbooks, occasional mounting of conscience exhibitions’ as well as tighter security measures. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 146-149 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/9750 Title: Applied Engineering in Agriculture: A five-year (2004-2008) citation study <br/> <br/>Authors: Hadimani, Manjunath B.; Rajgoli, Iqbalahmad U. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Analyses 10553 citations appended to 538 papers published during 2004–2008 in the journal Applied Engineering in Agriculture. On average, there were approximately 20 citations per paper. Out of 10553 citations appended, 2263 (21.44%)citations appeared in the year 2006 closely followed by 2231 (21.14%) citations in the year 2005. Out of 1775 authors whocontributed a total of 538 papers, 1376 (77.52%) were affiliated to institutions located in USA. Also examines year-wise distribution of papers, authorship pattern, length of papers, degree of collaboration among authors, year-wise appearance of citations, form-wise distribution of resources used by the authors and ranked list of authors by geographical location. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 140-145