http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/4032 Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/4123 Title: DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI): AN ISBN FOR THE 21^ST CENTURY <br/> <br/>Authors: T, Sunitha; P, Sreejaya <br/> <br/>Abstract: The Internet represents a totally new environment for the exchange of scholarly literature and it requires new enabling technologies to protect both customers and publishers. Systems will have to be developed to authenticate contents to ensure that what the customer is requesting is what is being delivered. At the same time, the creator of the information must be sure that copyright in the content is respected and protected while considering the requirements of the new systems, publishers of books and journals internationally realized that a first step would be the development of a new identification system to be used for all digital content. The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system not only provides a unique identification for contents, but also provides a way to link users of the material to the right holders to facilitate automated digital commerce in the digital environment. The DOI, an initiative taken by the Association of American Publishers, has grown into a prototype system, which supports URN to URL resolution and potential copyright management, document delivery and electronic commerce functions. In principle, the DOI system is fairly simple. It is based on the proposal that publishers should uniformly adopt formal or standard numbering schemes for their online products. The existing legacy systems such as ISBN, ISSN etc., should be used as the basis for this numbering. Such numbered products and their online addresses will be registered in an online directory or database which will automatically route queries about a product to the correct location of that product, where publisher's response screens will automatically offer the enquirer a variety of commercial transaction options such as viewing, purchasing, licensing or further routing.(For example: from article abstract to full text article content). DOI is a tool for persistence, multiple resolution, stability, security and authentication, distributed administration and internationalization, with a lightweight resolution method and an open protocol. This paper emphasizes on the origin, structure, application and advantages of DOI and its implications in digital rights management. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 101-109 Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:58:59 GMT http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/4121 Title: TECHNOLOGY AND TIPS FOR PAPER-TO-CD/DVD-ROM CONVERSION OF SELECTED COLLECTION IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES <br/> <br/>Authors: Rawat, K. S. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Academic libraries need to retain collection of age-old books, journals, etc., for longer period. Preservation of select highly useful and valuable materials on optical discs has higher benefits than merely reducing space problem. The chaff can either be consigned to remote warehouses or weeded out with other unwanted editions. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 130-133 Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:58:59 GMT http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/4120 Title: SOCIAL SCIENCES RESOURCES ON THE WEB: A CASE STUDY OF SOSIG WEBSITE <br/> <br/>Authors: Maharana, Bulu; Panda, K.C. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Provides an insight into the concept of 'quality-controlled subject gateway'. Analyses 4,215 out of 19,765 records available in 19 major forms covering 17 broad subject headings in the field of social sciences on the Net through Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) Website. Discusses the growth, salient features, search facilities, and subject-wise collections of SOSIG. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 124-129 Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:58:59 GMT http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/4119 Title: COST - BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SUBSCRIBING INDIAN PERIODICALS: A CASE STUDY OF BCKV CENTRAL LIBRARY, KALYANI, WEST BENGAL <br/> <br/>Authors: Biswas, Bidhan Chandra; Chatterjee, Koushik; Sen, B K <br/> <br/>Abstract: Presents the results of a study conducted with a sample of 700 users and 25 Indian periodicals subscribed continuously from 1992 to 200 1 at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), Kalyani, West Bengal. The meaning, importance and the method of implementing cost benefit analysis in a library set-up is discussed with special reference to BCKV Central Library. Here, cost is measured in terms of the money spent for subscribing Indian journals and benefits are measured in terms of use frequency of the journals by different users and savings. achieved through different methods of subscription. During the 70-year period, increase in the cost of the journals ranged from 20 per cent at the lowest to 1100 per cent at the highest. The 25 journals that were selected for the study were used by 30 per cent to 75 percent of the users. The study also reveals that the cost of a journal is not directly related with its use. For example,the journal in the sample that cost most, ranked only 8^th in terms of use. It has also been seen that a saving around 25% can be achieved if the journals are subscribed for three years at a time. Of course, it involves some risks and also availability of funds. The benefit is evaluated against the cost structure of the system, which is represented graphically and statistically in this paper. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 115-123 Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:58:59 GMT