Papers by Supriya Bejalwar
American Journal of Information Science and Technology
Library is a service oriented institution. Therefore, as a head of library, beside hard skill, Li... more Library is a service oriented institution. Therefore, as a head of library, beside hard skill, Librarian must have a soft skill to provide quality services to its stakeholders and through it to give better performance. This article is a result of study conducted in the institutions of higher education in Western Vidarbha of Maharashtra state in India to determine attributes of soft skills required by the Librarians to manage Libraries effectively and smoothly and also to examine the attributes of the soft skills in Librarians. The soft skill performance was studied in view of stakeholders such as Principal, Teachers and Students. Questionnaires were distributed in the institutions located in five districts which come under Western Vidarbha and affiliated to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. From each institute 5 teachers and 10 students were identified for the study and were asked to rate soft skill performance of Librarian of their respective institute. The results showed that there is no significant difference in soft skill performance of Librarians working in Rural and Urban area in Western Vidarbha region. Also the study concluded with a say that there is positive correlation between the soft skill performance of Librarians according to stakeholders and soft skills expectation of all the stakeholders from librarian are same. On the basis of the result come out from this study, at the end, the authors have given some suggestions to improve the soft skill performance of Librarians working in higher education.
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2021
The scientific tradition entails that any scientific work needs to be cited if it is responsible ... more The scientific tradition entails that any scientific work needs to be cited if it is responsible for the development of further another research work. This review article discusses the role of library professionals in promoting Reference Management Tools (RMTs) amongst the teachers, students, and researchers to maintain the scientific tradition of citation management. Among the various citation management tools available, four exemplary tools have been discussed briefly. The review of the literature revealed that the users have mixed responses pertaining to the use of RMTs. Especially; the common experience in respect of quality usage is very low. The users seemed to have limited themselves to make use of RMTs for reference management instead of exploring all the options associated with it. An attempt has been made to highlight why and how librarians should promote RMTs in the academic environment. Since librarians are considered experts in the field of reference management, they mu...
Innovations in Science and Technology Vol. 1, 2021
Analysis of 982 research papers published in the Journal “IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Co... more Analysis of 982 research papers published in the Journal “IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility” during the period 2010-2015 has been carried out. The data was collected from the archives of the journal available in online form. This paper examines the articles for year wise growth of the articles published, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, subject wise distribution of articles, average number of references per article etc.
International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology, 2018
Advances have brought many changes in libraries. Information and communication technology (ICT) p... more Advances have brought many changes in libraries. Information and communication technology (ICT) provides libraries with new opportunities to improve their resources and services. ICT uses the traditional methods of library activities and services and provides new dimensions for teaching, learning and research in higher educational institutions. With the help of ICT tools, it is possible to store, retrieve, and disseminate information as and when required and finally organizing it systematically by creating websites and databases. Information is now published both electronically and in print making it accessible to users according to their demands. In this paper the review study has been carried out on application of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and use of ICT tools in Academic Libraries.
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Papers by Supriya Bejalwar