Dr. Sangeeta N Dhamdhere | Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce (original) (raw)

Papers by Dr. Sangeeta N Dhamdhere

CESER publications, Feb 2022

Reading makes a person a better person. The study was based on investigating the reading habits o... more Reading makes a person a better person. The study was based on investigating the reading habits of people during the corona virus pandemic. During Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, libraries were closed and therefore visiting libraries and reading books and other material was merely a dream for a common man. Few academic and research libraries were providing access to their online resources but public libraries were completely closed. Book lovers were not in a position to buy books from the market or online as only essential services were allowed. In this paper the authors have carried out one survey to study the reading habits of people and lifestyle changes during pandemic and how they were updating and coping up with it. The findings of the study were that most people especially the working class who this study was mainly comprised of engaged in reading a lot. They also engaged in other activities like washing, exercising and cooking .Therefore, peoples reading culture during the corona lockdown was given much attention.

IGI Global, USA, 2020

In today's world, every reader or social media user has different choices/hobbies in terms of rea... more In today's world, every reader or social media user has different choices/hobbies in terms of reading. For example, if any social media user is searching for a book to read without any specific idea of what s/he wants, s/he wastes a lot of time browsing around on the internet and crawling/trawling through various sites hoping that s/he might get good book. To avoid confusion, the authors are building a recommendation system for every reader/user that helps to recommend a book based on his choices, hobbies, or what s/he had read previously that will be massive help for users instead wasting time on various sites. Data from social media is the powerful fuel that can be used to helps in decision making and building a recommendation engine. Social media data in the different format is biggest challenge for the business to ingest data at the reasonable speed and further process. In social media data, it is difficult to detect and capture data. Real-time recommendation engine for users, which includes data ingestion methods, challenges, metadata problem, analysis, and consumption, is discussed here.

International Journal of Library Science, 2018

This paper presents a study of web-based best practices followed in modern libraries from all ove... more This paper presents a study of web-based best practices followed in modern libraries from all over the world and compares them to Indian libraries. First of all a lot of examples of such 'best practices' are shown as illustrations and inspiration to Indian university libraries. Secondly, based on some statistical analysis of the differences found in the number of offered best-practice services in between top-ranked Indian and world-universities, it can be concluded that Indian university libraries lag behind a lot and therefore fail to have real impact on their institution's ranking as is the case with the world-top universities.

Pearl : A Journal of Library and Information Science, 2019

In this study, the authors have studied 109 top university libraries spread all over the world an... more In this study, the authors have studied 109 top university libraries spread all over the world and India and shortlisted important web-based patron educational services offered by these libraries to cope up with the changing demands of students and distance/online/flipped Classroom-based education. The author thoroughly went through the websites, blogs of traditional university libraries in the world as well as using the Google platform and searched the services offered by these libraries by going through their accounts on various platforms of online service providers. The overview of these services will be useful to the university as well as academic libraries to initiate new services. The comparative data analysis gives information about the current status of Indian and top World university libraries offering these services.

International Journal of Library and Information Services, 2017

Bibliographical services are services related to the library collection and access to those colle... more Bibliographical services are services related to the library collection and access to those collections, whether print or online. In modern libraries, these services are provided online through website. Many studies have been carried out to study application of web 2.0 tools and web-based services offered by the libraries. There is need to study the basic fundamental library services offered via the web or websites in modern libraries. In this paper author studied tops world and Indian libraries and prepared inventory of web-based bibliographic services offered by these libraries and analyzed the data in a quantitative way.

E-Discovery Tools and Applications in Modern Libraries

A library portal is single-user interface for accessing a wide variety of electronic resources, b... more A library portal is single-user interface for accessing a wide variety of electronic resources, both within and outside the library. A few federated search engines like EBSCO Discovery service, Summon (web scale discovery service), Knimbus, Mendeley, FedGate, ABCD open source software, Google CSE etc. are being used by libraries to give access to all subscribed or free online e-resources as well as library catalogues, archives' and other reading materials in the library to save the time of readers and give easy access to multiple databases and resources through federated search tool. In distance learning and online education environment libraries need to provide the right information on a single platform to its users from all resources or databases available in the library in a minimum of time. In this chapter the author discusses about the selected commercial as well as open source discovery tools used in Indian Libraries.

International Journal of Library and Information Science, Nov 30, 2013

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015

ABCD – Automation of Libraries and Centers of Documentations is a relatively new Free Open Source... more ABCD – Automation of Libraries and Centers of Documentations is a relatively new Free Open Source Software available to all libraries. It caters almost all present needs of three dimensional libraries of all sizes. This software is boon to all types of libraries those are still under automation and cannot afford to purchase commercial library software. It gives excellent content management solution and Interactive library website as part of the ABCD integrated library automation suite. It has excellent indexing and retrieval features with integrated meta-search and content management system to manage online, offline digital as well as physical resources. Librarians can create their library website without knowledge of HTML programming. Many libraries in the South, esp. Latin America, and Africa are using it very effectively. This paper gives short introduction to the ABCD software and its digital library features along with illustrations.

Library Management, 2014

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give technical information about the application of ABC... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give technical information about the application of ABCD open source software for managing institutional repository of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) at various levels with illustrations. Design/methodology/approach – Practical method and programming in the ABCD software for building ETD repository and its management Findings – ABCD software is an excellent tool for creating institutional repository (IR) and manages it at various levels and to create ETD portal. Practical implications – The paper describes using ABCD software how one can create database of ETDs, how to submit ETDs in full text or abstract, how to search, how to implement it in open archive environment and simplicity of making union catalogue of ETD repositories on one platform of ABCD portal. Social implications – The process of ETD management and IR building using ABCD open source software will be useful to all the new institutions, colleges, universities, natio...

Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries

The latest trend of Cloud Computing is progressing fast and using this technology it is possible ... more The latest trend of Cloud Computing is progressing fast and using this technology it is possible to publish and store information on a virtual cloud based infrastructure. Virtualization technology has been adopted by many data centers in the industry. It shares resources on a single system efficiently and reduces infrastructure costs. Libraries are using various technologies along with Web tools at a time. Information sharing and an open access culture are developing fast in the education field. How libraries can make use of the application of cloud computing and virtualization technology for common data storage and managing multiple servers and provide cloud based information services to patrons will be discussed in detail in this chapter. This chapter also discusses in brief the applications of these technologies in libraries along with the university cloud library model and the role of cloud librarians.

Information Development, 2012

In spite of the library website being a very good medium and platform to communicate details of v... more In spite of the library website being a very good medium and platform to communicate details of various print and electronic resources of the library to its users, still many libraries, especially in the South, fail to share their resources due to a lack of technical or computer skills. Yet many interactive tools to share library contents are available as Content Management System solutions, e.g. Joomla, Drupal, etc. These facilitate the use of Web 2.0 techniques such as blogs, RSS, instant messaging, social networking services, wikis, and social tagging applications. In this context we present the ABCD-Site module, one of the easiest tools for libraries to use in developing their interactive library website, as part of the ABCD integrated library automation suite. With a minimum of time and effort, libraries can easily become active members of the digital age in publishing and sharing their information to a wide audience.

... ABCD : An Open Source Automation Tool for Libraries Egbert de Smet* and Sangeeta N Dhamdhere*... more ... ABCD : An Open Source Automation Tool for Libraries Egbert de Smet* and Sangeeta N Dhamdhere** ABSTRACT ... 217 Egbert de Smet and Sangeeta N Dhamdhere The software is fully web - based, can be used and managed from any current web-browser ...

Humanities and Social Science Reviews, 2017

The universities in the world are ranked partly on the basis of the web presence of various activ... more The universities in the world are ranked partly on the basis of the web presence of various activities and resources of that university. It is observed that developing country's universities are lagging behind in the world university ranking systems. The library is considered as the heart of any institute and it plays a very important role in the evaluation of universities. This study is carried out to correlate the rankings of the top world‐and Indian universities with their library rankings, comparing the library web‐services offered by top world university libraries with those of India. The results should encourage to promote web presence and web-based services in Indian university libraries to improve their present rankings at global level.

Keywords: Library web-based services, University libraries, Webometric rankings, NAAC, Indian Universities, Indian University libraries, World University libraries, University rankings.

PEARL - A Journal of Library and Information Science, 2019

International Conference on Library and Information Science, 2019

With the changing needs of patrons in this online education system, University libraries have cha... more With the changing needs of patrons in this online education system, University libraries have changed drastically at international level in developed countries. University libraries are offering various web-based services to their patrons and active in the online information environment. The web presence of any university plays major role in getting higher ranking at global level. Being the heart of the University, its library plays important role in its university ranking. The Author has published her findings that university library web-based services are correlated with university ranking in case of developed countries and not in the case of developing countries like India. In this paper author has studied 70 university libraries spread all over the World and their 59 various web-based services at global level and analyzed the data with quantitative methods. The findings will help all the universities who would like to improve their university rankings and library web-based services.

International Journal of Library and Information Services(IJLIS). , 2018

Sangeeta Dhamdhere(2018). Guest Editorial Preface. Special Issue on Digital Archives and Innovati... more Sangeeta Dhamdhere(2018). Guest Editorial Preface. Special Issue on Digital Archives and Innovative Services. International Journal of Library and Information Services(IJLIS). Published: Semi-Annually |Established: 2017 ISSN: 2475-9961|EISSN: 2475-997X|DOI: 10.4018/IJLIS. Vol.7, Issue.1, 2018, pp. iv-vi

International Journal of Library and Information Science, Jan 31, 2018

The gradation or ranking of higher educational institutes like colleges or universities are evalu... more The gradation or ranking of higher educational institutes like colleges or universities are evaluated on the basis of different criteria. The most important criterion is research criterion. Higher educational institutes need to collect staffs and students’ research publications, and also check their citations, h-Index, i10-Index and impact factors of journals. Even the evaluation committees like National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) expect higher educational institutes to give cumulative citation, h-index and i10-index, that is, research metrics. In order to get individual and cumulative research metrics like number of citations, number of citable documents, cites per document, h-Index and i10-Index, and impact factor of journals in an easy way, authors took the initiative to create Google Scholar profile of each faculty and then created Google Scholar account for the colleges adding links of all faculties’ on the Google Scholar accounts. This innovative new strategy will benefit higher education institutes appearing for NAAC accreditation or re-accreditation, or other ranking systems by the instructions, guidelines and steps furnished in this report.

International Journal of Library Science, 2017

This paper presents a study of web-based best practices followed in modern libraries from all ove... more This paper presents a study of web-based best practices followed in modern libraries from all over the world and compares them to Indian libraries .First of all a lot of examples of such 'best practices' are shown as illustrations and inspiration to Indian university libraries. Secondly, based on some statistical analysis of the differences found in the number of offered best-practice services in between top-ranked Indian and world-universities, it can be concluded that Indian university libraries lag behind a lot and therefore fail to have real impact on their institution's ranking as is the case with the world-top universities.

CESER publications, Feb 2022

IGI Global, USA, 2020

International Journal of Library Science, 2018

Pearl : A Journal of Library and Information Science, 2019

International Journal of Library and Information Services, 2017

E-Discovery Tools and Applications in Modern Libraries

International Journal of Library and Information Science, Nov 30, 2013

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015

Library Management, 2014

Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries

Information Development, 2012

Humanities and Social Science Reviews, 2017

Keywords: Library web-based services, University libraries, Webometric rankings, NAAC, Indian Universities, Indian University libraries, World University libraries, University rankings.

PEARL - A Journal of Library and Information Science, 2019

International Conference on Library and Information Science, 2019

International Journal of Library and Information Services(IJLIS). , 2018

International Journal of Library and Information Science, Jan 31, 2018

International Journal of Library Science, 2017

This paper presents a study of web-based best practices followed in modern libraries from all ove... more This paper presents a study of web-based best practices followed in modern libraries from all over the world and compares them to Indian libraries .First of all a lot of examples of such 'best practices' are shown as illustrations and inspiration to Indian university libraries. Secondly, based on some statistical analysis of the differences found in the number of offered best-practice services in between top-ranked Indian and world-universities, it can be concluded that Indian university libraries lag behind a lot and therefore fail to have real impact on their institution's ranking as is the case with the world-top universities.

Ess Ess Publications, 2021

Many libraries have discovered the advantages of having a presence on the internet and have succe... more Many libraries have discovered the advantages of having a presence on the internet and have successfully addressed their objectives by integrating their website as part of their daily functioning. It is a challenge in front of all libraries to accept new technologies and offer new services due to many constraints like funds, trained staff, technologies, space, etc. To help the readers get a better and complete understanding of the topic, a total of 59 different web-based services are shortlisted and mentioned in this book with few examples of how libraries are offering these services. The book not only focuses on web-based library services, but also on the success of quality enhancement, i.e. web-based best practices. This is a unique work where the top libraries from all parts of the world are studied and findings are not restricted to a specific country, region, or area. In this book the Webometric Ranking is used for the very first time for selecting university libraries in library and information science field. The main objectives of this book are to give the current status of online library services of universities in the world; to give an overview of analysis of the web based library services; the best practices and technology used by these libraries; to promote web presence and web-based services in university libraries; to correlate the rankings of world university with their library rankings, which has not been done earlier; to improve developing countries libraries and to suggest the best practices to be followed by university libraries from developing countries to change their profiles into more modern information centres with higher education potential. This book can be used as a guide to web-based services and best practices top world university libraries are offering. These web-based services are classified in four clusters depending on their scope and type as follows 1. Web-based Bibliographical Services, 2. Web-based Patron Education Services, 3. Web-based Patron Communication Services, and 4. Web-based Publishing Platform for patrons. The details of library web-based best practices offered by top world universities are also covered. Library web-based services and best practices are explained in this book with a good number of examples and screenshots which will help the library professionals to understand and implement these services in their libraries very easily and effectively. This book would be useful to library professionals all over the world, LIS students, and administrators of educational institutes. The web-based services mentioned in this book will help the university libraries to improve their rankings at global level.

IGI Global, USA, 2022

In higher education systems, equal importance must be given to differently abled students. Howeve... more In higher education systems, equal importance must be given to differently abled students. However, not all educational institutions have infrastructure and facilities to admit these students even though accessibility and support for these students is growing. There are many schemes, facilities, services, and financial assistance available to these students along with new assistive technologies that are making teaching and learning processes more effective. While using new technologies in education systems such as e-learning and blended learning, these students need special attention as well as some advanced training and additional features in the technology itself that better help them become familiar with it. Understanding the demands and requirements of differently abled students is the best way to provide them with quality education.

Assistive Technologies for Differently Abled Students explores how to implement effective assistive technologies and other related services for providing differently abled students an education that is high quality and equal to their peers, enabling them to go on and excel in their field and obtain employment. Topics that are highlighted within this book include an overview for the different types of diverse assistive technologies for all types of students including students with visual impairments, learning disabilities, physical challenges, and more. This book is ideal for school administrators, researchers of higher educational institutes, non-governmental organizations, assistive technology experts, IT professionals, social workers, inservice and preservice teachers, teacher educators, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students looking for information on the types of assistive technologies being employed in education for all types of differently abled students.

IGI Global, USA, 2022

IGI Global, USA, 2020

Today, libraries must provide various web-based services, social media, and internet to patrons i... more Today, libraries must provide various web-based services, social media, and internet to patrons in order to adequately support their information needs. In addition to these services, the maintenance of online literature, databases, data sets, and archives cause librarians to have to handle huge amounts of data each day. Big data can support with quality improvement and problem solving to improve library services and can help librarians to provide up-to-date and innovative real-time services to library users.

Big Data Applications for Improving Library Services is an essential scholarly publication that examines the implications and applications of big data analytics on services provided by libraries. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as data analytics, mobile technologies, and web-based services, this book is ideal for librarians, knowledge managers, data scientists, data analysts, cataloguers, academicians, IT professionals, researchers, and students.

Technology has revolutionized the ways in which libraries store, share, and access information. A... more Technology has revolutionized the ways in which libraries store, share, and access information. As digital resources and tools continue to advance, so too do the opportunities for libraries to become more efficient and house more information.

E-Discovery Tools and Applications in Modern Libraries presents critical research on the digitization of data and how this shift has impacted knowledge discovery, storage, and retrieval. This publication explores several emerging trends and concepts essential to electronic discovery, such as library portals, responsive websites, and federated search technology. The timely research presented within this publication is designed for use by librarians, graduate-level students, technology developers, and researchers in the field of library and information science.

The emergence of open access, web technology, and e-publishing has slowly transformed modern libr... more The emergence of open access, web technology, and e-publishing has slowly transformed modern libraries into digital libraries. With this variety of technologies utilized, cloud computing and virtual technology has become an advantage for libraries to provide a single efficient system that saves money and time.

Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries highlights the concerns and limitations that need addressed in order to optimize the benefits of cloud computing to the virtualization of libraries. Focusing on the latest innovations and technological advancements, this book is essential for professionals, students, and researchers interested in cloud library management and development in different types of information environments.
Dhamdhere, S. N. (2014). Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries (pp. 1-385). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4631-5
http://www.igi-global.com/book/cloud-computing-virtualization-technologies-libraries/77387

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT is becoming popular in education field due to need to disclose the intellect... more KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT is becoming popular in education field due to need to disclose the intellectual power available in institution for sharing experiences. It has great potential & should have equal and even greater significance for education sector. Knowledge builds on knowledge and past events helps in generating new knowledge. The main source of generation of knowledge is human efforts which are developed through conducting good educational activities, research activities and generating innovative concepts in the area of interest. All knowledge generating organizations like industries, R&D centers, and higher education institutes from colleges to universities are considered as “Knowledge Houses” where knowledge flows from teachers to students and new knowledge is created but many times remains as gray.This book will be a good reference for all educational institutes who are willing to initiate this process. Author discussed importance of knowledge management in education sector, suggested strategies and techniques used to capture tacit knowledge hidden in brains of students & teachers & knowledge management process for higher educational institutes in developing countries.
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2014-08-04 )
ISBN-13: 978-3-659-58077-2
ISBN-10: 3659580775
EAN: 9783659580772

With the new trends of technology, publishing, increasing user’s expectations, libraries are acce... more With the new trends of technology, publishing, increasing user’s expectations, libraries are accepting new trends and technologies in education field for providing better services to the patrons and give them online information literacy training. Most of the libraries are offering web-based and cloud based services through their websites and that is why library websites are considered as mirror of library. Web-based Library services enable users to accesses services and library resources (books, journals, databases, archives, etc) whenever and wherever they require. Success of a library depends on its innovative services and best practices. Total Quality Management (TQM) stresses upon continuous improvement in services as core values. To cope with the timely challenges, every library has to identify and develop its own tailor-made best practices to enhance the collection development process, services dissemination and use of the library as a whole. Developing best practices, analyzing and revising them at a regular interval lead to continuous improvement in overall performance of the libraries and whole institution. This paper discusses current status of various web and cloud based services offered by the selected traditional university libraries in USA as per QS World University Ranking and NAAC “A” Grade University Libraries in India. It also analyzes and identifies the best practices to be followed by other similar kind of libraries for their readers and students. The findings will be useful to university libraries in other developing or under developed countries.

IGI Global, USA, 2015

IGI Global, USA, 2022

The provision of resources and services for the differently abled users in higher education libra... more The provision of resources and services for the differently abled users in higher education libraries has been a challenge worldwide. In some parts of the world, libraries have made impressive progress and have continued to adopt new modalities to addressing this matter while in other parts the picture remains lamentable to the extent where such endeavours are non-existent despite the call to inclusive services that has been sounding for decades in all human activities. Drawing from literature in library and information services (LIS), this chapter seeks to outline resources and services for persons with disabilities that can be used as a standard for higher education libraries.

IGI Global, USA, 2022

The introduction of the UN CRDP provided the first common international basis of legal and regula... more The introduction of the UN CRDP provided the first common international basis of legal and regulatory requirements for individual accessibility as a human right. The international ISO/IEC standard committee in the field of e-learning (i.e., ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36) responded by developing an international standard ISO/IEC 20016-1 to address semantic interoperability requirements of language accessibility, in the form of human interface equivalents (HIEs). The authors identify and summarize key aspects of this ISO/IEC 20016-1 standard including fundamental principles governing individual accessibility requirements, based on the UN CRDP doing so in an ITLET and commitment exchange context. The concept of semantic interoperability (in an ITLET context) is defined and supports the same through the constructs of level and degrees of semantic equivalency. It is based on best practices of translation theory, applied linguistics, and existing applicable international standards, which already address various aspects of language accessibility requirements in a generic manner.

National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangaluru, India, 2020

Pursuit of quality in higher education: an Indian perspective

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Online Education, Sep 13, 2016

E-Discovery Tools and Applications in Modern Libraries, 2016

The authors present the results of the workshop ‘E-info discovery & management for institutes in ... more The authors present the results of the workshop ‘E-info discovery & management for institutes in the South' organized by Hasselt University Library for VLIR-UOS at Antwerp University. The workshop brought together the practical experience in the South with the technical expertise in the North. This paper gives a summary of the presentations of the workshop. It also presents an overview of tools and software for information management and discovery in the context of usability in the South. Finally, this type of workshop helps to define the role of libraries and librarians. Libraries are moving from an acquisition management to an access management role. The debate about the relevance of discovery tools and library catalogues is only starting. Other challenges are the result of changes in scientific communication and evaluation. Which role can librarians play in the upcoming scientific social networks? Which role can they play in the research information systems that universities and other research institutes are installing?

Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries , Oct 2013

Information Science Reference.

Through this article, author would like to give a brief idea about how one can choose his or her ... more Through this article, author would like to give a brief idea about how one can choose his or her own business or field of work and become successful in life by using their own birth chart without much knowledge of astrology (Jyotish).

All over world meditation techniques and yoga is practiced for peace of mind, improve concentrati... more All over world meditation techniques and yoga is practiced for peace of mind, improve concentration, relieve stress, cure diseases and enlightened the soul. Different spiritual organizations teachers different meditation techniques and person to person the benefits and experiences are different.The author is a practitioner of yoga and meditation since last many years and invented a new meditation style which is easy and different to get peace and relieve pain and awakening the Muladhara Chakras. This article is giving brief idea about this new meditation technique along with precautionary measures.