Papers by Dr. Mithu A N J A L I Gayan
DJLIT, 2024
The current study furthers the understanding of the Information Literacy (IL) competency skill le... more The current study furthers the understanding of the Information Literacy (IL) competency skill levels between the health science and non-health science students in the United Arab Emirates. IL-HUMASS survey on information literacy questionnaire was partially adopted (17 categories) for surveying the IL competency skill levels between the Health and non-health students at college A. The questionnaire comprised four information competency categories:
DJLIT, 2022
The official website of any organisation provides authentic information about it. The current stu... more The official website of any organisation provides authentic information about it. The current study is a novel attempt to explore international library association websites and assess those websites based on web content evaluation and webometric parameters. Several library websites have been analysed by researchers. However, the same has not been attempted regarding the library association website at the international level. International library associations indexed by American Library association's website were taken as the sample. Data were collected using a link analysis tool from https://moz.com/ which helps in determining Domain Authority, Page Authority, inlinks, and out-links; Google was used for the links. Official websites of the library associations were visited for the website evaluation with a well-structured checklist having 19 criteria. International Association of Law Libraries is found to have the highest simple web impact factor and external web impact factor. In contrast, the Association of Jewish Libraries has the highest internal web impact factor. All the websites examined in this study are hosted under the .org domain. The study revealed that 7 out of 8 (87.5 %) international library association websites' Domain Authority and Page Authority is below 50. Essential information like customer service, currency, and FAQ are not available on the websites. The results of this study will help the library associations in restructuring and better maintenance of their website.
IASLIC Bulletin, 2023
Purpose – The objective of the study is to know the status and evaluate the six national-level li... more Purpose – The objective of the study is to know the status and evaluate the six national-level library associations in India which have been indexed on the American Library Association website. Design/methodology/approach – To meet the objectives of the study, Web content analysis and Webometric analysis methods were adopted. The raw data for the study was collected from Moz (https://moz.com/) regarding Domain Authority, Page Authority, External and Internal links of 6 national-level library associations in India, and for web content analysis, a well-structured checklist having 19 criteria was constructed to retrieve the data from the respective library association websites. Finding – The major findings of the study reveal that both IASLIC and ILA have the highest 57.89% of features mentioned in the checklist available on their websites. IASLIC website is found to have the highest Domain Authority, Page Authority, Internal links, External Links, and Total links. SALIS website is found to have the highest SWIF and IWIF and IASLIC website has the highest EWIF. While ILA is revealed to have the lowest SWIF, IWIF, and EWIF. Value – Websites are one of the key information sources. Organisations should maintain websites that are free from mistakes. This type of website evaluation study helps organisations to maintain their websites. Keywords- Library Association; Webometric Study; India; ILA; IASLIC; SALIS
2 ENVISIONING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN LIBRARIES FOR NEXTGEN ACADEMIC LANDSCAPE, 2023
Nowadays, the unethical use of information in the digital environment violates academic integrity... more Nowadays, the unethical use of information in the digital environment violates academic integrity. In this situation, information literacy is an essential skill mandatory for tackling challenges. The present study aims to find students’ awareness regarding academic integrity, information use, and information literacy in the digital environment from an ethical point of view. By using google form, a questionnaire was distributed randomly to PG students, and collected data were analyzed. Results of the study revealed that 88.24% (60) students are aware when plagiarism happens. Also, most of the PG students know the meaning of censorship (82.72%) and examples of citation style manuals (85.19%). On the other hand, less than half of the respondents were acquainted with the term netiquette (49.38%) and referencing software (27.16%). Further, Hypothesis testing results reveal that there is a significant difference between males and females regarding the statement, “Copying is allowed from open access resources without giving credit or citation or references”. Similarly, a substantial difference between the two age groups students was observed regarding two statements, one is the meaning of censorship, and another one is examples of citation style manuals. The researcher suggested that workshops, webinars, and training may be beneficial for students to keep academic integrity intact.
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 2023
Indigenous Knowledge was marginalised until 1960s. However, in the recent past, initiatives have ... more Indigenous Knowledge was marginalised until 1960s. However, in the recent past, initiatives have been taken to document the valuable indigenous knowledge hold by different indigenous communities. This study tried to assess the indigenous knowledge published in India. The bibliographic dataset for the study was downloaded from Scopus database using phrase search. A total of 588 records were downloaded and analysed. The results reveal that multi-authorship is dominant in the area and journal is most preferred medium of scholarly communication. Maikhuri, R.K form G. B. Pant from National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development is found to be the top author, most documents belong to Agriculture and Biological sciences, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge is ranked 1 st in the journal list and Indigenous Knowledge is found to be the most occurred keyword. The results of the study provide significant insights regarding the type of research done in the area, it's growth and impact.
Library Philosophy and Practice, 2021
A scientometrics analysis of Ovarian cancer research during 2010 to 2019 is performed in this stu... more A scientometrics analysis of Ovarian cancer research during 2010 to 2019 is performed in this study. It is an attempt to find out the various scientometrics indicators such as: type of document wise distribution, authorship pattern, year wise publication, Co-occurrence of keyword. A total of 927 bibliographic records were collected from web of science database and as a data source it has been analyzed using MS excel and VOS viewer software. Kumar, S from University of Birmingham is found to be the most productive author. Multi - authorship is found to be dominant in this area of research. South Asia countries have been chosen as an area of the study and the countries that make up south Asia are Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Maldives.
Library Philosophy and Practice
The present study examines the Authorship Collaboration and Visualization on Detention Center Res... more The present study examines the Authorship Collaboration and Visualization on Detention Center Research. In order to carry out the research, the related data were collected from "Web of Science" database. The data were analyzed and visualize using MS Excel and VOSviewer. The study covered the period from 1989 through the end of 2019. For this period, a total of 1311 records were published globally in the field of Detention Center research. The study also found that 95% of the literature in this area are scattered among English and other European languages. Holocausts, Trauma, Prevalence, Children, and Posttraumatic-stress-disorder are some of the keywords which is found to be associated with the discipline from the results.
Journal of Indian Library Association, 2021
The study is carried out to find out the different authorship pattern followed in the field of Ch... more The study is carried out to find out the different authorship pattern followed in the field of Chemistry by analysing citations from the doctoral theses. The theses submitted to the central library, Tripura University in the area of Chemistry were considered for the study. Theses submitted during 2007-2016 constitute the sample. For this time period, a total of 20 Chemistry theses were found in the library with 6214 citations. 311 citations per thesis were observed from the study. Journals were found to be the most cited type of documents followed by books. It is clearly evident that multi-authorship is dominant in the field of Chemistry with 5423 citations having a share of 87.27 %. Very high collaborative research activities were noticed in Chemistry literature from the study. It was revealed that 2 to 5 authors groups and 6 to 10 groups are more productive group of researchers compared to other research groups. It was shown from the dataset that the researchers in the field of Chemistry use more of recent studies than that of old ones.
DJLIT, 2022
The official website of any organisation provides authentic information about it. The current stu... more The official website of any organisation provides authentic information about it. The current study is a novel attempt to explore international library association websites and assess those websites based on web content evaluation and webometric parameters. Several library websites have been analysed by researchers. However, the same has not been attempted regarding the library association website at the international level. International library associations indexed by American Library association's website were taken as the sample. Data were collected using a link analysis tool from https://moz.com/ which helps in determining Domain Authority, Page Authority, inlinks, and out-links; Google was used for the links. Official websites of the library associations were visited for the website evaluation with a well-structured checklist having 19 criteria. International Association of Law Libraries is found to have the highest simple web impact factor and external web impact factor. In contrast, the Association of Jewish Libraries has the highest internal web impact factor. All the websites examined in this study are hosted under the .org domain. The study revealed that 7 out of 8 (87.5 %) international library association websites' Domain Authority and Page Authority is below 50. Essential information like customer service, currency, and FAQ are not available on the websites. The results of this study will help the library associations in restructuring and better maintenance of their website.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2021
Citation analysis of theses helps in evaluating research performance of departments and universit... more Citation analysis of theses helps in evaluating research performance of departments and universities. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the theses available in Central library, Tripura University from the department of Mathematics. Theses available in the central library for the period of ten years from 2007 to 2016 constitute the sample as the university was converted to central university in 2007. The authorship pattern of the articles was measured with collaborative measures. Bradford law and Leimkuhler model were tested against the dataset. It was revealed that the journals are the most preferred type of documents having the share of 82.07%. Until 1950, single authored papers were dominating and in the recent decades the trend is seen to be shifting towards large group collaborations. The dataset did not fit well against Bradford's law of scattering. However, we acknowledge the acceptability of modified Bradford's distribution given by the Leimkuhler model. The results revealed should assist the researchers in the area of Mathematics in improved understanding the characteristics of the field.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2019
The proposed study tries to investigate citation pattern of Chemistry theses submitted to Central... more The proposed study tries to investigate citation pattern of Chemistry theses submitted to Central library Tripura University. The study considered only those theses submitted to Shodhganga, the Indian ETD initiative. Hence data were collected from 20 theses constituting 6214 citations during 2007 to 2016. Bardford’s law is used to find out the core journals in the field of Chemistry. The rank list of journals showed “Phytochemistry” is the most cited journal. The dataset of the study did not follow the Bradford’s law. However, the dataset follow the Leimkuhler’s model. Half life of Chemistry journals is found to be 12.6 years. The results revealed from the study will assist the researchers in the area of Chemistry in improved understanding the characteristics of the field; it will aid librarians in selection of documents and collection development of the library; it will help the policy makers in decision making.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2019
Research productivity of Tripura which is one of the North East Indian states is not measured fro... more Research productivity of Tripura which is one of the North East Indian states is not measured from a point of view of Scientometrics until now. It’s an untouched area of research. An attempt has been made in this study to understand and evaluate research productivity indexed in Web of Science database of selected disciplines from Tripura University as it is the only central university in the state. It is found that since beginning until 2019, 313 documents are indexed in the database from the broad research areas of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. The study revealed that Bhattacharjee, D is the most productive author; Bhattacharjee, D and Hussain,S have co-authored 52 (15.95% ) articles and this pair stands on rank one; Bhattacharjee, D and Hussain, SA are found to have highest number of h index i.e. 12; Highest numbers of articles are published in Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. The maximum 0.16 RGR was recorded for the period 1994 to 1998 and maximum dt of 6.19 is recorded in 2014 to 2018 period.
First International Conference on Science & Technology Metrics (STMet 2019), Bangkok, Thailand. December 02-04,, 2019
The present study is a scientometric study of the topic "Jaundice" literature published by SAARC ... more The present study is a scientometric study of the topic "Jaundice" literature published by SAARC countries from the year 1999 to 2003. The main aim of the study is to show the authorship and collaboration pattern by using different scientometric tools. For the purpose of the study Web of Science database was used to collect bibliographic data. A total of 1048 papers were found. Indicators such as Degree of collaboration, Collaborative Index, Modified collaborative coefficient , Collaboration coefficient and Activity Index are applied on the collected data. From the study, it was found that a total of 1027 (98%) publications were published in co-authorship whereas only 21(2%) in single authorship. The highest collaborative effort has been observed among the single authors (146.78). Multiple-authored papers were found to receive more citations than that of single-authored papers.
library philosophy and practice
Citation analysis is one of the thrust areas of research in Library and Information Science. It p... more Citation analysis is one of the thrust areas of research in Library and Information Science. It provides very useful insights to librarians and policy makers in terms of which sources to be purchased and what to be replaced. The current study was carried out to understand different characteristics of Physics as a discipline by analysing the citations appended at the end of Doctoral theses of Physics, Tripura University. A total 5640 citations were analysed from 18
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2019
Purpose: The study was carried out with an aim to understand the mobile
reading behaviour among t... more Purpose: The study was carried out with an aim to understand the mobile
reading behaviour among the millennials of the state of Tripura.
Methodology: The questionnaire having 35 questions was administered to
120 under graduate students of different departments from Govt. Degree
College, Khumulwng and Ramakrishna Mahavidyalay. Out of 120 students,
82 have responded from Govt. Degree College, Khumulwng and the response
rate is 68%. Out of 120 students, 80 have responded from Ramakrishna
Mahavidyalay and the response rate is 66.66%.
Results: The study revealed that highest number of respondents from Govt.
Degree College, Khumulwng belongs to Female 53 (64.63%) and from
Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya belongs to male category 64 (80.00%). maximum
respondents from both the colleges belong to rural area. Maximum
respondents from both the colleges use phone for 1-3 and 3 -5 hours in a day.
From Govt. Degree College, Khumulwng maximum respondents 67 (81.71%)
use of phone for reading and Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya maximu
Rajesh Chandra
Das
MLIS,
Tripura University
Mithu Anjali Gayan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-
0002-8787-9673
ResearcherID: J-1741-2016
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Library and Information
Science,
Tripura University
[email protected],
[email protected]
8794299657
Samendra
Debbarma
MLIS,
Tripura University
respondents (68.75%) use of phone for reading. From Govt. Degree College,
Khumulwng maximum respondents 45 (54.88%) read daily 30-60 minutes in
their phone and Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya maximum respondents 35
(43.75%) are daily 30-60 minutes reading in their phone. Maximum
respondents from both the colleges read news in their phones. Maximum
respondents accepted the fact that they read more after they have become
mobile readers. Maximum respondents look for word meanings in their
phones, uses dictionary app and prefer English language for mobile reading.
From Govt Degree College, Khumulwng 43.9% respondents are aware of Ebook
and from Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya respondents 76.25% are aware of
E-book. From Govt. Degree College, Khumulwng 58.54% respondents have
never used any E-book and from Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya 65%
respondents have never used any E-book followed by 35% used E-book.
Maximum respondents from both the colleges want E- book services from
their respected libraries.
Implications: The knowledge acquired through this study should contribute to
better understanding of the phenomena of reading habits, mobile reading
habits and attitude towards it in Tripura.
Keywords: Reading Habit, Mobile Reading Habit, E- learning, Govt. Degree
College, Khumulung, Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya, Kailashahar, Tripura.
International Journal of Library Information Network and Knowledge, 2018
Mapping of Scientific literature by quantitative analysis provides better understanding of charac... more Mapping of Scientific literature by quantitative analysis provides better understanding of characteristics
of a particular discipline. It provides insights for policy making in terms of journal and publisher
selection; renewal of subscriptions and helps in understanding user needs and utilization of materials. The
current study attempts to investigate citation pattern of Mathematics theses submitted to Tripura
University. The study considered only those theses which were submitted to Shodhganga. Hence data
were collected from 6 theses constituting 377 citations. The references were analysed with respect to
authorship pattern wise, year wise, country wise, publisher wise and type of document used. Bardford’s
law was used to find out the core journals in the field of Mathematics which showed that Fuzzy Sets and
Systems is one of the most impactful journals in the field of Mathematics. Half life of Mathematical
journals is found to be 22 years from the Obsolescence rate of Mathematical journals. Degree of
collaboration in the discipline was found out to be 0.58. An average citation per thesis in Mathematics is
62.83 as revealed by the study. The results found from the study will help mathematical researchers in
understanding the characteristics of the field as well as librarians in policy making in terms of collection
development.
Keywords: Scientometrics, Citation analysis, PhD thesis, Mathematical literature, Tripura
University
This study tried to investigate the user behaviour of faculty members of Bir Bikram Memorial Coll... more This study tried to investigate the user behaviour of faculty members of Bir Bikram Memorial College from the state of Tripura, India. The aim of the study was to identify Frequency of library; Purpose of library visit; most preferred resources; Most used of library Services; Quality of service; Opinion and perception and problem faced by the faculty members. It was found that most faculties were in the habit of visiting the library weekly; most faculties visits the library for the purpose of leisure reading and lecture preparation. Textbook is one of the most preferred resources for the faculty members while they hardly prefer to use electronic resources. More than half of the faculties found the library services good and were satisfied with the staff behavior. Insufficient materials in the area of study are ranked highest by the faculty as hindrance to library use followed by non-availability of electronic resources. The results found from the study will give insight about the library status, perception by users and library user behaviour from the state of Tripura, India.
This study tried to investigate the user behaviour of faculty members of Bir Bikram Memorial Coll... more This study tried to investigate the user behaviour of faculty members of Bir Bikram Memorial College from the state of Tripura, India. The aim of the study was to identify Frequency of library; Purpose of library visit; most preferred resources; Most used of library Services; Quality of service; Opinion and perception and problem faced by the faculty members. It was found that most faculties were in the habit of visiting the library weekly; most faculties visits the library for the purpose of leisure reading and lecture preparation. Textbook is one of the most preferred resources for the faculty members while they hardly prefer to use electronic resources. More than half of the faculties found the library services good and were satisfied with the staff behavior. Insufficient materials in the area of study are ranked highest by the faculty as hindrance to library use followed by non-availability of electronic resources. The results found from the study will give insight about the library status, perception by users and library user behaviour from the state of Tripura, India.
The main purpose of this paper is to make a comparative study of the use of handheld device by th... more The main purpose of this paper is to make a comparative study of the use of handheld device by the students / scholars of 3 universities i.e. Manipur University, Tripura University, and Delhi University in terms of their academic activities. On the other hand, it examines the degree of handheld device usage in the student population. This paper will help to find the purpose of handheld device usage, the degree of internet usage through handheld devices, the use of handheld devices concerning academic dealings. A survey was conducted through a well-structured and precise questionnaire circulated personally among 180 students in 3 universities in the study. A large majority of the students of three universities uses smart phone, and (68%) of Manipur University (MU) , 56% in Tripura University (TU) and 58% in Delhi University (DU) use internet for reading news. 82% students of DU use internet for reading study related documents, while 60% students of TU and 72% in MU students use internet for reading documents. Most of the populations from each University i.e. MU 82%, TU 80%, and DU 92% are interested in accessing e-Books, e-articles, and e-reviews services through mobile technology. The paper highlights the use of handheld device for academic purpose and students' opinion regarding the use habit of handheld device.
Learning is gaining or acquiring of new knowledge and skills in something by study, experience or... more Learning is gaining or acquiring of new knowledge and skills in something by study, experience or being taught. Learning can be facilitated by direct means, by personally attending classes conducted in the academic institutions or by indirect means such as distance learning. The online education referrers to teaching and learning method mediated by a computer system of a place which may be different from the learner's personal computer system. The modern developments in ICTs and emergence of the Internet have brought a gigantic transformation in the method of teaching and learning. The current study investigates the awareness and perception towards the new form of learning, i.e. e-learning among the faculty members of Tripura University. The study discovered that 52% of the total respondents belong to male category. 36% of the respondents are from age group 30-34, followed by age group 25-29 (34%). Maximum response from each department is 4 (4%). Most of the respondents are Assistant Professor (36%), followed by guest faculty (32%). Maximum (96%) respondents are aware of e-learning concept which is very encouraging in itself. Most respondents (76%) are aware of SWAYAM. More than half of the total respondents (52%) are interested to conduct course through Swayam. Maximum (80%) respondents are aware of e-PG Pathshala. Maximum of the respondents (84%) have not enrolled in any e-learning course. The maximum respondents (25 %) out of the enrolled ones have enrolled for e-learning course is from NPTEL portal. The results found will be a great help for the stakeholders of E-learning as it provided new insights.
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Papers by Dr. Mithu A N J A L I Gayan
reading behaviour among the millennials of the state of Tripura.
Methodology: The questionnaire having 35 questions was administered to
120 under graduate students of different departments from Govt. Degree
College, Khumulwng and Ramakrishna Mahavidyalay. Out of 120 students,
82 have responded from Govt. Degree College, Khumulwng and the response
rate is 68%. Out of 120 students, 80 have responded from Ramakrishna
Mahavidyalay and the response rate is 66.66%.
Results: The study revealed that highest number of respondents from Govt.
Degree College, Khumulwng belongs to Female 53 (64.63%) and from
Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya belongs to male category 64 (80.00%). maximum
respondents from both the colleges belong to rural area. Maximum
respondents from both the colleges use phone for 1-3 and 3 -5 hours in a day.
From Govt. Degree College, Khumulwng maximum respondents 67 (81.71%)
use of phone for reading and Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya maximu
Rajesh Chandra
Das
MLIS,
Tripura University
Mithu Anjali Gayan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-
0002-8787-9673
ResearcherID: J-1741-2016
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Library and Information
Science,
Tripura University
[email protected],
[email protected]
8794299657
Samendra
Debbarma
MLIS,
Tripura University
respondents (68.75%) use of phone for reading. From Govt. Degree College,
Khumulwng maximum respondents 45 (54.88%) read daily 30-60 minutes in
their phone and Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya maximum respondents 35
(43.75%) are daily 30-60 minutes reading in their phone. Maximum
respondents from both the colleges read news in their phones. Maximum
respondents accepted the fact that they read more after they have become
mobile readers. Maximum respondents look for word meanings in their
phones, uses dictionary app and prefer English language for mobile reading.
From Govt Degree College, Khumulwng 43.9% respondents are aware of Ebook
and from Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya respondents 76.25% are aware of
E-book. From Govt. Degree College, Khumulwng 58.54% respondents have
never used any E-book and from Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya 65%
respondents have never used any E-book followed by 35% used E-book.
Maximum respondents from both the colleges want E- book services from
their respected libraries.
Implications: The knowledge acquired through this study should contribute to
better understanding of the phenomena of reading habits, mobile reading
habits and attitude towards it in Tripura.
Keywords: Reading Habit, Mobile Reading Habit, E- learning, Govt. Degree
College, Khumulung, Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya, Kailashahar, Tripura.
of a particular discipline. It provides insights for policy making in terms of journal and publisher
selection; renewal of subscriptions and helps in understanding user needs and utilization of materials. The
current study attempts to investigate citation pattern of Mathematics theses submitted to Tripura
University. The study considered only those theses which were submitted to Shodhganga. Hence data
were collected from 6 theses constituting 377 citations. The references were analysed with respect to
authorship pattern wise, year wise, country wise, publisher wise and type of document used. Bardford’s
law was used to find out the core journals in the field of Mathematics which showed that Fuzzy Sets and
Systems is one of the most impactful journals in the field of Mathematics. Half life of Mathematical
journals is found to be 22 years from the Obsolescence rate of Mathematical journals. Degree of
collaboration in the discipline was found out to be 0.58. An average citation per thesis in Mathematics is
62.83 as revealed by the study. The results found from the study will help mathematical researchers in
understanding the characteristics of the field as well as librarians in policy making in terms of collection
development.
Keywords: Scientometrics, Citation analysis, PhD thesis, Mathematical literature, Tripura
University
reading behaviour among the millennials of the state of Tripura.
Methodology: The questionnaire having 35 questions was administered to
120 under graduate students of different departments from Govt. Degree
College, Khumulwng and Ramakrishna Mahavidyalay. Out of 120 students,
82 have responded from Govt. Degree College, Khumulwng and the response
rate is 68%. Out of 120 students, 80 have responded from Ramakrishna
Mahavidyalay and the response rate is 66.66%.
Results: The study revealed that highest number of respondents from Govt.
Degree College, Khumulwng belongs to Female 53 (64.63%) and from
Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya belongs to male category 64 (80.00%). maximum
respondents from both the colleges belong to rural area. Maximum
respondents from both the colleges use phone for 1-3 and 3 -5 hours in a day.
From Govt. Degree College, Khumulwng maximum respondents 67 (81.71%)
use of phone for reading and Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya maximu
Rajesh Chandra
Das
MLIS,
Tripura University
Mithu Anjali Gayan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-
0002-8787-9673
ResearcherID: J-1741-2016
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Library and Information
Science,
Tripura University
[email protected],
[email protected]
8794299657
Samendra
Debbarma
MLIS,
Tripura University
respondents (68.75%) use of phone for reading. From Govt. Degree College,
Khumulwng maximum respondents 45 (54.88%) read daily 30-60 minutes in
their phone and Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya maximum respondents 35
(43.75%) are daily 30-60 minutes reading in their phone. Maximum
respondents from both the colleges read news in their phones. Maximum
respondents accepted the fact that they read more after they have become
mobile readers. Maximum respondents look for word meanings in their
phones, uses dictionary app and prefer English language for mobile reading.
From Govt Degree College, Khumulwng 43.9% respondents are aware of Ebook
and from Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya respondents 76.25% are aware of
E-book. From Govt. Degree College, Khumulwng 58.54% respondents have
never used any E-book and from Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya 65%
respondents have never used any E-book followed by 35% used E-book.
Maximum respondents from both the colleges want E- book services from
their respected libraries.
Implications: The knowledge acquired through this study should contribute to
better understanding of the phenomena of reading habits, mobile reading
habits and attitude towards it in Tripura.
Keywords: Reading Habit, Mobile Reading Habit, E- learning, Govt. Degree
College, Khumulung, Ramakrishna Mahavidyalaya, Kailashahar, Tripura.
of a particular discipline. It provides insights for policy making in terms of journal and publisher
selection; renewal of subscriptions and helps in understanding user needs and utilization of materials. The
current study attempts to investigate citation pattern of Mathematics theses submitted to Tripura
University. The study considered only those theses which were submitted to Shodhganga. Hence data
were collected from 6 theses constituting 377 citations. The references were analysed with respect to
authorship pattern wise, year wise, country wise, publisher wise and type of document used. Bardford’s
law was used to find out the core journals in the field of Mathematics which showed that Fuzzy Sets and
Systems is one of the most impactful journals in the field of Mathematics. Half life of Mathematical
journals is found to be 22 years from the Obsolescence rate of Mathematical journals. Degree of
collaboration in the discipline was found out to be 0.58. An average citation per thesis in Mathematics is
62.83 as revealed by the study. The results found from the study will help mathematical researchers in
understanding the characteristics of the field as well as librarians in policy making in terms of collection
development.
Keywords: Scientometrics, Citation analysis, PhD thesis, Mathematical literature, Tripura
University