Dr. S. Ally Sornam
Bishop Heber College(Autonomous), Library, Faculty Member
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Information is all around us and is the staple diet of human beings. Information is variously perceived as facts, intelligence, data, news and knowledge. Information has been a common ingredient to all areas of human endeavour, be it the... more
Information is all around us and is the staple diet of human beings. Information is variously perceived as facts, intelligence, data, news and knowledge. Information has been a common ingredient to all areas of human endeavour, be it the day to day affairs of business, matters of life and death or the most trivial pursuits. In a modern industrial society there are negligibly few individuals, who do not, from time to time, occasionally/frequently have any requirement of information. It is an essential accompaniment of almost every social activity. Information is considered as important that contributes towards the development of a nation. It provides the core for the development of knowledge, the basis for innovations, the resources for informed citizenry and as a result become a key commodity for the progress of a society. Members of a society acquire the needed information from a variety of sources. However several of these sources are expensive, complex or difficult for individual...
This article focuses on the Work Culture and Work Environment of Library Staff of Special Libraries. This aims to illustrate various parameters which affect and impact the work-life balance of these library personnel. The parameters... more
This article focuses on the Work Culture and Work Environment of Library Staff of Special Libraries. This aims to illustrate various parameters which affect and impact the work-life balance of these library personnel. The parameters chosen are work hours, time invested, career growth, work environment, work pressure, stress, motivation etc. This study identifies some specific parameters which can bring down the efficiency/effectiveness of worklife balance. Few recommendations are also given to decimate the negative perspectives as well as to improve the morale of the staff.
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The study deals with scientometric study on the Growth of Literature on Aerodynamic Research. The required data was collected from SCOPUS database for the period 2006 – 2015. It can be seen that nearly 41628 bibliographic records of... more
The study deals with scientometric study on the Growth of Literature on Aerodynamic Research. The required data was collected from SCOPUS database for the period 2006 – 2015. It can be seen that nearly 41628 bibliographic records of contribution in field of Aerodynamic cover the period of 10 years. The researcher applied the search strings “(KEY (Aerodynamics) AND PUBYEAR > 2005 AND PUBYEAR < 2016)” that has used for the data extraction from the database downloaded the records based on the above strings. A total of 41628 records were downloaded and analyzed by using the Excel software with application as per the objectives of the study. This research study explores the growth rate and relative growth level during the study period. The study aims to analyze the thrust areas of research concentration on Aerodynamic research. It is analytical in nature with the suitable statistical tools applications in strengthening the empirical validity. The study based on Scopus bibliographic...
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This paper assesses the level of awareness and use of social media and cloud computing technology among faculty members in theological institutions in south India. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents from... more
This paper assesses the level of awareness and use of social media and cloud computing technology among faculty members in theological institutions in south India. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents from 60 theological institutions in South India. Of the 958 faculty members 450 completed and returned. Collected responses were analyzed using SPSS version 24. Statistical tests, ANOVA, correlation and GAP analysis tests were carried out to find out statistical significance on awareness and use of social media and cloud technology with regard to various demographic data of the respondents. The study noted that of various social media networks, 59.6% of respondents were fully aware of Facebook, and 54.9% respondents were fully aware of YouTube. With regards to the use of social media for disseminating information, 46.5% of respondents always use Facebook and 40.5% always use YouTube.Among various cloud computing technologies, 51.8% of respondents were fully aware of Google Drive, 43.6% of respondents were fully aware of Dropbox and 37.3% were fully aware of One Drive. This study concluded with the recommendation to create adequate awareness among faculty members on usefulness of social media networks and cloud computing technologies for sharing their scholarly publications worldwide.
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This paper attempts to study the possibilities of establishing Institutional Repositories (IRs) in select Bangalore theological libraries. Open Access Repositories play an important role in dissemination of scholarly works. The benefit of... more
This paper attempts to study the possibilities of establishing Institutional Repositories (IRs) in select Bangalore theological libraries. Open Access Repositories play an important role in dissemination of scholarly works. The benefit of IRs is huge, it helps preserve and disseminate the knowledge. Institutional repositories Theological institutions in India are yet to make their invaluable historical, cultural and resources accessible in open access repositories. Implementation of IRs at UTC and SAIACS open up the opportunity for theological community to be part of the global community of scholars and share their scholarly productivity. The success of IRs demands the cooperation and support of the heads of the institutions and a change of attitude of the faculty towards IRs as a potential place for making their scholarship visible and available to others. National and regional theological organizations, library associations and other theological fraternity should come forward to s...
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Today's persistent information and communication technologies enable us to get connected almost anywhere at anytime. ICT, such as the internet, the advanced wireless technologies and mobile communication networks are becoming... more
Today's persistent information and communication technologies enable us to get connected almost anywhere at anytime. ICT, such as the internet, the advanced wireless technologies and mobile communication networks are becoming increasingly indispensable in many aspects of work and everyday life. But to keep up with the fast advancing pace of new technology, library professionals have to constantly renew their technical skills as well as enduring pressures to be able to meet the higher expectations from management and users. This often leads to techno stress experienced by library professionals in many institutions. This study examines the effect of technology on library professionals of engineering colleges of Anna University, Coimbatore, by examing the dimensions of: 1) Demographical details 2) Perceptions of technology, which includes emotional reactions to technology and replacement of people by technology.
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Medical college libraries house various resources such as textbooks, reference books, medical journals, online journals, databases, etc., and also provide various services including reprographic, audio-visual and computer based services... more
Medical college libraries house various resources such as textbooks, reference books, medical journals, online journals, databases, etc., and also provide various services including reprographic, audio-visual and computer based services to their staff and students. Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is on the rise in medical college libraries. Tele-medicine, teleconferencing, e-databases, e-books, e-journals, etc., are being increasingly made available on the net. Present study examines the use of the traditional and digital resources by the undergraduate medical internees of a medical college – Rural Medical College in Tamilnadu. It also aims to study the level of computer literacy among the internees. This survey predominantly uses questionnaire for data collection. The study results reveal that reference books are the most often used reference sources in the library in comparison with other sources such as textbooks, journals, back volumes. Another important fi...
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Matching with the many strides made in higher education, the engineering institutions in our country are devoting heavily on academic resources, specifically e-resources, since the quality of engineering institutions are also assessed in... more
Matching with the many strides made in higher education, the engineering institutions in our country are devoting heavily on academic resources, specifically e-resources, since the quality of engineering institutions are also assessed in terms of availability of quality library references, collections, repositories and ICT tools for facilitating knowledge proliferation and its usage. An extensive study has been conducted among the Faculty of Engineering colleges in Kerala aimed to find the availability, infrastructure support and consumption status of various types of e-resources. As the part of study predesigned and well-structured questionnaire was distributed among the librarians and faculty members of the selected engineering colleges. Gathered data were analysed and results were compliant with the proposed hypothesis. The results give insights on availability e-resources in the engineering colleges, its usage and the associated and to rectify the problems face by the users whil...
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The paper studies the adjustmental problems faced by college librarians in Tamil Nadu. The study used an Adjustment Inventory scale and found out that college librarians have moderate level of adjustment problems. The study has also found... more
The paper studies the adjustmental problems faced by college librarians in Tamil Nadu. The study used an Adjustment Inventory scale and found out that college librarians have moderate level of adjustment problems. The study has also found out that the variables, sex, marital status and experience have significant association with adjustment problems.
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Apartment house is a building containing more than one dwelling unit, each designed for housekeeping. Most of the apartments have facilities like lift, community hall, parking lots, dish antenna, cable connection, gym, swimming pool,... more
Apartment house is a building containing more than one dwelling unit, each designed for housekeeping. Most of the apartments have facilities like lift, community hall, parking lots, dish antenna, cable connection, gym, swimming pool, walking space, garden, water and electricity supply, but not library. The apartment builders never consider the provision of library while planning to build apartment. Hence, a study has been organized to collect opinion about the provision of library in the apartments. Hope, this article will bring an awareness about library in the apartments to both builders and residents of apartments.
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Today's persistent information and communication technologies enable us to get connected almost anywhere at anytime. ICT, such as the internet, the advanced wireless technologies and mobile communications networks are becoming... more
Today's persistent information and communication technologies enable us to get connected almost anywhere at anytime. ICT, such as the internet, the advanced wireless technologies and mobile communications networks are becoming increasingly indispensable in many aspects of work and everyday life. But to keep with the fast advancing pace of new technology, library professionals have to constantly renew their technical skills as well as enduring pressures and higher expectations from management and users. This often leads to techno stress experienced by library professionals in many institutions. This study examines the effect of technology on library professionals of engineering colleges of Anna University, Coimbatore. The study deals with the following dimensions: 1) Demographical details, 2) Perceptions of technology, which includes impact of technology on work performance and job responsibility and rewards, perceptions about learning new technologies. A questionnaire distribute...
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Many of the fisheries institutes in Kerala are in their infancy and they do not have self-radiant library and information system to assist their teaching as well as learning process. Only a few colleges have good information centre and... more
Many of the fisheries institutes in Kerala are in their infancy and they do not have self-radiant library and information system to assist their teaching as well as learning process. Only a few colleges have good information centre and resources. Self-sufficiency remains only imaginative, because of insufficient funds and information explosion. The sky rocketing cost of periodicals and books in every discipline and even the richest libraries cannot afford to subscribe to all of them, to fulfill the user demands and inflation impelled libraries towards resource sharing. For effective functioning of sharing of information sources, a realistic approach has to be worked out in collection development, networking, etc and taking into consideration the present information, communication and computing infrastructure as well as psychosocial aspects of fisheries manpower and users. The study aims to develop a library consortium for the Fisheries institutes in Kerala. At present, there is no s...
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This paper studies: a) the reviews written in the area of techno stress; b) Effect of techno stress on librarians; c) Sources of techno stress; and d) some coping strategies.
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Stealing of books and mutilating reading materials are common in most of the libraries. Only the magnitude of the crime may differ. The methods used for such a misuse are identified with suggestions for a remedy to the problem.
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The study intends to identify the factors that influence customer satisfaction and customer perception on installation service and after sale service of software vendors. Interview and questionnaire method were used to collect the... more
The study intends to identify the factors that influence customer satisfaction and customer perception on installation service and after sale service of software vendors. Interview and questionnaire method were used to collect the relevant data.
The most popular model of micro credit in India is that of self-help groups (SHGs). A qualitative study of SHG interventions in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat undertaken by Nirantar, a Centre for Gender and Education, offers insights into the... more
The most popular model of micro credit in India is that of self-help groups (SHGs). A qualitative study of SHG interventions in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat undertaken by Nirantar, a Centre for Gender and Education, offers insights into the micro-credit phenomenon through voices of women who are part of SHGs. Mostly women are the beneficiaries of this micro credit system. A district-level official linked to a national level SHG programme sponsored by the ministry of rural development explained why the programme focused on women. “Women cannot go anywhere, they can be located easily; they cannot run away leaving their homes; they can be easily persuaded to repay as they feel shame more quickly and consider non-repayment as a betrayal of family honour”.
The present article has made an attempt to study the faculty perception on Library faculties in Autonomous Arts and Science Colleges in one of the biggest cities in Tamil Nadu, India. There colleges got accredited by National Assessment... more
The present article has made an attempt to study the faculty perception on Library faculties in Autonomous Arts and Science Colleges in one of the biggest cities in Tamil Nadu, India. There colleges got accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India, hence the standard of education and faculties in these colleges are generally behind to be the best. The study used a questionnaire and the results revealed that faculty have a low perception on the collection, services, ICT facilities, manpower and infrastructure facilities of libraries in these colleges. Higher Education in India India's higher education system is the second largest in the world, after the United States. The main governing body at the tertiary level is the University Grants Commission, which enforces its standards, advises the government, and helps coordinate between the Centre and the State. Accreditation for higher learning is overseen by 12 autonomous institutions established by the Univer...
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T he advancement of technology has shrunk the world into a global village. Though geographical barriers of the nation’s exist in reality but communication has made these barriers fade away. The information is passed in such a speed that... more
T he advancement of technology has shrunk the world into a global village. Though geographical barriers of the nation’s exist in reality but communication has made these barriers fade away. The information is passed in such a speed that by the touch of the button; an individual is able to access an ocean of information. Thanks to internet for making this magic. The same internet has created a society unto itself and the concept of networking has given way to building of relationships across nations. Special types of websites known as Social Networking Sites have come into existence. They have created a bond between people of different countries across the globe; helped then for knowledge sharing; voicing out their ideas over common issues and helping one another. To say they have given birth to a new concept called global community. Keywords: Social networking sites, internet, global community
... Ergonomics and library professionals: a study. Sornam S. Ally 1 , Reader and Head, Arputharaj J. Issac 2 , Junior Asst. ... Abstract. Workplace stress has always been a source of consideration for organization that seeks to foster... more
... Ergonomics and library professionals: a study. Sornam S. Ally 1 , Reader and Head, Arputharaj J. Issac 2 , Junior Asst. ... Abstract. Workplace stress has always been a source of consideration for organization that seeks to foster satisfied and motivated environment. ...
Résumé/Abstract The paper attempts to study the level of Occupational Role Stress (ORS) among women library professionals. The influence of certain demographic variables like age, experience, qualification and marital status are tested... more
Résumé/Abstract The paper attempts to study the level of Occupational Role Stress (ORS) among women library professionals. The influence of certain demographic variables like age, experience, qualification and marital status are tested with the key variable ORS. The ...
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This paper has analysed the perception of WhatsApp usage among students of a College of Excellence. The objective of this study is to know the perception of the students towards WhatsApp. To carry out this study a questionnaire was used... more
This paper has analysed the perception of WhatsApp usage among students of a College of Excellence. The objective of this study is to know the perception of the students towards WhatsApp. To carry out this study a questionnaire was used as research instrument to gather data. A total of 100 questionnaires were distributed among the students and 80 completed questionnaires were received. The response rate was 80% which is considered as very effective. The result shows that WhatsApp is a vital tool of communication used mainly for one to one communication. The results showed that participants had access to smart phones for WhatsApp. The use of WhatsApp was common among participants. Students use WhatsApp for personal and social purposes on a daily basis. The participants perceived the integration of WhatsApp into their education to be easy, fun, and useful. They had positive feelings and intentions about using WhatsApp in their formal learning if it is introduced.
This study focuses on the allopathic medical practitioners’ skill to use online medical journals and barriers faced while seeking information. Five-hundred-twenty-nine medical practitioners are involved in this study. Among the total... more
This study focuses on the allopathic medical practitioners’ skill to use online medical journals and barriers faced while seeking information. Five-hundred-twenty-nine medical practitioners are involved in this study. Among the total sample, one-third of the practitioners have skill to use the online medical journals and the remaining two-thirds of them do not have this skill. Gender and workplace of the practitioners do not have significant association in the access skill of the online medical journals. However, it is reversed for the practitioners’ educational qualification. Online medical journal access skill is in descending order of the practitioners’ educational qualification. The top three reasons for not using the online journals are presented in descending order: not knowing how to search (69.998%), lack of time (59.721%), and did not know the availability (58.609%). Government bodies (NIC, DPH, DME) and medical associations (IMA, S-IMA) associated with medical librarians m...
The study deals with scientometric study on the Growth of Literature on Aerodynamic Research. The required data was collected from SCOPUS database for the period 2006-2015. It can be seen that nearly 41628 bibliographic records of... more
The study deals with scientometric study on the Growth of Literature on Aerodynamic Research. The required data was collected from SCOPUS database for the period 2006-2015. It can be seen that nearly 41628 bibliographic records of contribution in field of Aerodynamic cover the period of 10 years. The researcher applied the search strings " (KEY (Aerodynamics) AND PUBYEAR > 2005 AND PUBYEAR < 2016) " that has used for the data extraction from the database downloaded the records based on the above strings. A total of 41628 records were downloaded and analyzed by using the Excel software with application as per the objectives of the study. This research study explores the growth rate and relative growth level during the study period. The study aims to analyze the thrust areas of research concentration on Aerodynamic research. It is analytical in nature with the suitable statistical tools applications in strengthening the empirical validity. The study based on Scopus bib...
The emerging field of knowledge management offers academic libraries the opportunity to improve effectiveness, both for themselves and their parent institutions. This article summarizes knowledge management theory. Current applications in... more
The emerging field of knowledge management offers academic libraries the opportunity to improve effectiveness, both for themselves and their parent institutions. This article summarizes knowledge management theory. Current applications in academic libraries and higher education are described. Similarities and differences between knowledge management and academic library practices are discussed. Issues needing resolution are presented.