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16081 Submission Date :
02/09/2021 Acceptance Date :
20/09/2021 Publication Date :
25/09/2021
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| Abstract | The advancement of Science and Technology has made remarkable improvement in all fields of knowledge. In the field of research, drastic changes have been made. Use of Information and CommunicationTechnology has made research globally useful, this became possible only because of digital libraries. The paper highlights the use of ICT and EIS (Electronic Information Services) by the libraries thereby enriching research. | ||||||
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| Keywords | Research, Electronic, Information, Services, Information , Communication Technology, Digital, Library. | ||||||
| Introduction |
Information and Communication Technology means utilization of IT in its related fields to overcome the problems. Now we have reached at the age of Information revolution because of information explosion. Now research in any field cannot be imagined without the use of Information Technology. The information required by the researcher from any library in the world can be obtained using IT tools.Information Technology has made libraries from conventional to digital. One of the major supports to research is a good library service.Therefore, it is necessary for researches to know the developments in the field of Library Science. |
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| Aim of study | 1. To acquaint researchers of the developments in the field of library and information science which would help them to carry out good research in their field. 2. To study the impact of open access on research. | ||||||
| Review of Literature |
EIS (Electronic Information Services) can be used by researchers in educational institutions. But often it is found that due to lack of facilities in the university users are unable to use it.For example, A study conducted by Ali, Naushad,2005 found that Boolean logic and truncation are the most often used search facilities by IIT Delhi, users. But due to lack ofprinting facilities, terminals and trained staff the users were discouraged from accessing the electronic information services.The study also found that about sixty percent of the users there found difficulties while browsing the e-information.It is therefore, necessary that the library personnel should be trained enough to guide the users. |
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| Main Text |
Information Technology is applied to the operation of libraries and Information centers to ensure that services are being delivered in timewith accuracy. (Madu,Chibuogwu, E.2008). Concept of E-Resource E-Resources are important
resources for research and academic community and play a significant role in
scholarly communication. E- resources are those resources which include
documents in electronic format that can be accessed via internet and so on.Digital
resources offer convenience of time and place, ability to search directory on
text and ability to disseminate and share information. E-resources are of two
types. Online E resources These are the resources
which are under the control of a central computer as in a manufacturing process
or experiment. It is connected to a computer or computer network. Some examples
of e-resources are E-Journals, E-Books, online e-databases, E-zines, Electronic
thesis & dissertation (ETD), In-house databases, E-images, E-music &
sound collections. E-reference sources (dictionaries, encyclopedias,
directories, glossaries, translators and virtual newspapers) Offline e-resources are
those resources which are not under the control of a central computer as in a
manufacturing process or experiment. It is not connected to a computer or
computer network. Some of the offline e-resources are offline mail, offline
media playing, offline browsing, CD-ROM, offline e-dictionary, subject guides. Impact of open access on Research Open access is a
methodology to go through any document, images free of cost by internet. Many
open accesssites are there for retrieving any information,research
paper,booksin a second without wasting money or time. Open access publications
are freely and permanently available online to anyone with an internet
connection. Unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium are
permitted, provided the author/editor is properly attributed.There are two
types of open access (Raj Deepa,2015) Green Open Access In this the author can
submit paper in self archive at the time of submission of the publication
without peer reviewed, or peer reviewed journal publication or peer reviewed
conference proceeding paper or monograph. The green open access makes the
publication available freely with any publishing but it is not publishing
itself. Gold Open Access In this pen access author
or author institution can pay a fee to the publisher at publication time and
publisher makes the material free at the point of access. White literature are peer
reviewed article and grey literature is preprint or internal know how material.
There are two kinds of green open access repository, Thematic author deposits
in a central repository used by community and maintained by appropriate institution
where relevant material on a subject area are collected together. Example is
arXiv. Advantages of open
access: The main advantage is
that open research provides availability of e-article on internet and makes
easy access to the researcher and makes the article to have more citation and
impact. Second advantage of open access is that it is possible to cross link
any data sets and software used in producing the paper. It improves the
research methodology and gives idea to the researcher to go in depth in
validating the conclusion. Lack of access to subscription-based journals is a
commonly cited problem for researchers in low-income countries. Open access can
help provide scientists in such countries with the opportunity to participate
in the international research community. Open access publications are freely
available online to anyone, which maximizesthe visibility and thus the uptake
and use ot the work published.Authors retain copyright, The use of a Creative Common Licence enables authors/editors to retain copyright to their work. Publications can be reused and redistributed as long as the original author is correctly attributed. High quality and rigorous peer review, open access publications run through the same peer review. Some main advantages of open access are as follows: 1. Rapid publication: A streamlined and easy to use online
submission and production process enables quick review, approval and
publication. 2. No space constraints: Publishing online means unlimited space for
supplementary material including figures, extensive data and video footage. 3. Compliance with open access mandates: Open access publications can comply with
open mandates from funding sources or academic institutions in the fastest and
easiest way. Final articles can be deposited into bibliographic databases and
institutional repositories without any embargo periods. 4. Citation tracking and inclusion in bibliographic databases Open access journals are tracked for impact factors and are deposited into bibliographic databases and institutional repositories without any embargo periods just as traditional journals. (Coyle, K.2002). Open access resources There are many types of
open access resources.They are open access
publishers,directories,toolkits,portals and more. Directory of open access
books (DOAB) It s a discovery service
for peer reviewed books published under an open access license. DOAB provides a
searchable index to the information about these books,with links to the full
texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository. Directory of open access
Journals (DOAJ) This lists free, full
text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals covering all
subjects and languages. Directory of open access
resources (DOAR) The directory of open
access resources aims to provide a comprehensive and authoritative list of
academic open access repositories for end-users who wish to find particular
archives or who wish to break down repositories by locale,content or other
measures. Users can search for repositories by the following regions:Africa,
Asia, Australasia, Carribbean, Central America, Europe, North America and South
America. Global Electronic Thesis
and Dissertation Search Central portal to search
and locate electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) from universities around
Central portal to search and locate Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
from universities around the world. Exciting new services launched by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) in July 2015. Once researchers have located the ETD’s of interest, they are able to access the original documents from the originating institutions. WorldWideScience.org
WorldWide Science.org is a global science gateway, providing one-stop searching of over 90 national and international scientific databases and portals from more than 70 countries. Users can search and translate 400 million pages of science and technology information. Resources available via WorldWide Science include DOAJ and all the Journals Online projets (JOLs) |
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| Conclusion | Information and communication technologies or Electronic Information Resources are the backbone in the advancement of research. Impact of technology has made easier the creation, storage, use, wider access, cost effectiveness anddissemination of electronic information. Thus, the benefits of research easily reach people and plagiarism is also easily detected and the original researches are carried out. Use of open access resources can cause impact on research only when the users are well trained in using it. It is therefore, necessary for all the researchers to learn the use of electronic information resources to be able to carryouta good research in their field. | ||||||
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