PJOLAIT

Professional Journal of Library and Information Technology

UGC Approved Journal No: 47973 (Old List)

The Journal of Professional Journal of Library and Information Technology is a Journal of high repute covering the topics of interest to all those who are researching and working in the field of management, library and Information Science. The editors welcome materials on management, library and Information Science and its sub disciplines.

This Journal is a bi-Annual Refereed journal. This Journal is published twice a year in the month of January and July. The purpose of Journal is to encourage research work, creative thinking and dissemination of knowledge in the field of management, library science and information technology.

The opinion / views expressed in this Journal are of the individual contributors and not of the editor or publisher. Copyright clearance will be the sole responsibility of the authors for their papers. The authors are fully responsible for their contributions. No part of this publication can be stored in any retrieval system or reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically including photo copy / recording without the prior written permission of the publisher. All disputes shall subject to the jurisdiction of Ghaziabad (U.P.) Courts only.

Advisory Board

Dr. K. P. Singh

Professor, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Dr. R. P. Bajpai

Professor & Head, Deptt. of Library & Information Science,Mahatma Gandhi Vishwavidyalaya Chitrakoot, Satna (M.P.) , India

Dr. Manoj Kumar Shinha

Professor and Head, Deptt. of Library & Information Science, Assam University (A Central University), Silchar, India

Dr. M. Eqbal

Deputy Librarian, Central Library, Aligarh Muslim University, India

Dr. Sudhir Tyagi

Professor & Head, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut

Dr. Rajendra Nargundkar

Vice Chancellor, Prestige University, Indore , India

Dr. Dharmendra K. Harit

Chief Librarian, Sushant University, Gurgaon, Haryana , India

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sharma

Librarian, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi , India

Dr. Sanjiv Saraf

Deputy Librarian, Central Library, BHU, Varanasi , India

Professor (Dr.) Dilip K. Patnaik

Vice Chancellor, Medicaps University, Indore , India

Shri. Ravi Kumar Murthy

Region Head -AIP, Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai, India

Dr. S.B. Kulshrestha

Associate Professor and Head, Department Of Library & Information Science, M.M.H. (P.G.) College , Ghaziabad , U.P., India

Dr. M.Suresh Babu

Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Mandsaur University, Madhya Pradesh – India,

Colonel (Dr) S. Raman Iyer

Director, PIMR-UG Campus, Indore, India

Dr. U.C. Sharma

Head, Deptt. of Library and Information science, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Agra (U.P.) , India

Dr. H.K. Chakraborty

Professor & Head, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University,Varanasi (U.P) , India

Prof. Jamal Ahmed Sidiqqu

Deptt. of Library & Information Science, C.C.S University, Meerut , India

Dr. A. Baladhandayutham

Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai , India

Professor ( Dr. ) Renu Jain

Vice Chancellor, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore India

Dr. Anil Bajpai

Pro Vice Chancellor, Prestige University, Indore , India

Dr. Ravi Kumar Chegoni

Deptt of Library & Information Science, Govt. City College, Telangana-500002 (Hyderabad) , India

Dr. Sunil Kumar Upadhyay

Information Scientist, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra, India

Dr. Amiya Kumar Mohapatra

Professor & Dean – Research, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore , India

Dr. Raja Roy Choudhury

Dean –Management, PIMR, Indore, India

Professor (Dr) A K Nayak

Pro Chancellor, Global Open University , Nagaland Former President , Computer Society of India, Chennai , India

Dr. V.N. Tripathi

Associate Professor, Department Of Library & Information Science, Narain College , Firozabad , UP, India

Prakash Gauda SU

Librarian, Government First Grade College, Irakaigada , Koppal, Karnataka

Dr Amisha Joshi

Sr. Manager, Prestige Education Foundation, Indore

Author Guidelines

Professional Journal of Library and Information Technology invites research based papers, articles and book reviews from Faculties, academicians, library professionals & learned Scholars on different functional area of library Science and Information Technology.
The Paper should be research oriented, methodological and issue based on any aspect of library Science and Information Technology

While sending papers, the following guidelines must be strictly followed. Contributors that do not adhere to the guidelines will not be considered.

Manuscripts / Paper should be approximately 3000 —5000 words. The text should be one and half spaced on A-4 size paper with one inch margins all round, giving page numbers & submitted with cover page bearing only the title of the paper, authors name, designation, official address, phone, Fax numbers and e-mail IDs. Soft copy of the same must be sent as an attachment with email. Soft copy should be in Microsoft word, Times Roman Font, 12 font size one and half spacing.
The separate list of references should be given at the end of the paper. Footnotes may be given on the same page if the technical term needs some explanation.
The author should clarify on a separate page that the manuscript is his / her original contribution. It should also be mentioned that the paper has not been submitted or accepted for publishing by any other journal.
Acceptance of the article for review demands fulfillment of all the guidelines.
The Screening Committee reserves the sole discretion to accept or refuse an article for publication. Manuscripts not considered for publication will not be sent back.
Editorial Board decisions will be communicated with in a period of maximum one months of receipt of article. Editorial Board decisions will be final.
Once article is sent, it will not be returned to the author even if it is not accepted for publication. The copyright of all accepted papers will be vest with Editors.
Each contributing author will receive a complimentary copy of the issue in which his / her paper appears
Paper are invited by courier services with CD or by email on : sanjaysharma.journal@gmail.com or sanjaysharmalib@rediffmail.com
The manuscripts along with CD and all Editorial Correspondence should be addressed at the following address :

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma
Managing Editor(Hon.)

Publishing Ethics for PJOLAIT Journal

Author etiquette refers to the courtesies and considerations that an author employs when preparing a manuscript and communicating with an editor.
Fraudulent publication is a term that includes plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification.
Plagiarism refers to the theft of intellectual property (e.g., stealing someone’s idea for an article) or taking credit for another individual’s work.
Duplicate publication also is known as redundant publication and involves publishing the same material in the same format in more than one journal, book, or Web site.
Authorship issues frequently arise when two or more authors are involved in a writing project and can be minimized by clearly delineating authorship roles prior to beginning the project.
Conflict of interest may arise when personal interests are compromised or have the appearance of compromising an author’s ability to objectively perform duties.
High standards and ethical integrity must be maintained when writing for publication

10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors

Declare to your chosen journal that your manuscript is not published elsewhere
Declare any conflicts of interest.
Check all co-authors meet criteria for authorship and ensure appropriate acknowledgements made in the manuscript
Include appropriate funding statements in the manuscript
Show informed consent and provide assurances that participants’ rights are protected.
Register clinical trials.
Explain how research using animals is conducted responsibly.
Be alert to bias and follow guidelines for accurate and complete reporting of research.
Inform the journal if you subsequently find errors in your research.
Sign a copyright agreement.
Plagiarism: Similarly index in a paper should be less than 20% and responsibility goes to Authors.

Peer - review policy of PJOLAIT

The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision. An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
PJOLAIT is peer reviewed journals. During the process of review our editor first review a paper with online software to know the % of plagiarism then approved manuscript undergo for reviewing with three random subject experts from the list of reviewers. Editor takes his decision after receiving reviewer comment from all three reviewers. The decision is based on the reviewer’s approval and editor’s own evaluation. The complete process runs through online system which is designed to protect confidentiality of author’s work. Editor has complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article, editor also not having conflict of interest with respect to articles he reject/ accept.
Peer Review Policy PJOLAIT is the policy established with the aim to publish and circulate quality research articles from various subjects.
PJOLAIT is a peer-reviewed Bi-Annual Referred Journal of multi Dimensional Research.
Its review policy is solely objective process with vision to publish good scholarly and set proper and high standard practice of research writing. The process involves editorial board and reviewers who are experts from various subjects. The review process begins with the manuscript submission by the author:
Step-1: Initial stage primary evaluation of all manuscripts at the editor’s level to check following:
1.1 Suspicious originality of the subject matter
1.2 Considerable errors as per needs of the subject
1.3 Errors in language in terms of construction, grammar, lack of clarity, etc
1.4 Length of the article, structure and other necessary matters

Step-2:
2.1 The article, if accepted in the stage 1, the same is forwarded to the review.
2.2 PJOLAIT follows three reviewers blind review method for all subjects in anonymous mode.
2.3 The reviews are selected on the basis of their academic expertise and area of interest of their research.
2.4 The review basically focuses on:- Originality of the matter and academic ethics, discourage references without citation to the original author, structure of the article, statistical details and its requirement in the body of the article, presentation of the data, graphical presentation (if any), addition to the body of the knowledge in the subject, clear conclusion, etc.

Step-3: Positive reply and recommendation by the referee would forward the article for further processing.
3.1 In case of suggestions and recommendations, the author is communicated the report and after satisfactory revision it is again forwarded to the reviewer for recommendation.
3.2 However, the editor’s decision is the final decision in terms of publication of the article.
3.3 The reviews are selected on the basis of their academic expertise and area of interest of their research.
3.4 The review process is time bound with clear and earnest aim and objective to publish quality articles for the subjects.

From the Desk of Editor's

Dear Readers,

It is our Great Pleasure to bring you the Volume 13, Issue No 1 of the Professional Journal of Library & Information Technology (PJOLAIT). A Bi-Annual Peer Reviewed & Referred Journal of Multi-Dimensional Research.
We express our Gratitude to the Almighty without whose benevolence nothing in this world would be the light of the day.
We convey our sincere gratitude to Dr. Davish Jain, Chairman, Prestige Education Foundation, Indore and CA (Dr.) Ashok Kumar Gadiya, Chairman, Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan for encouraging us to do this Nobel work.
We are highly thankful to Professor (Dr) KK Aggarwal, Chairman -NBA for showering his blessings for the release of Journal & his contribution in the academic world.
We would like to thanks Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Mallik, Sr. Director &Col. Prof. (Dr.) Subramanian Raman Iyer, Director, PIMR - Indore, Prof. (Dr.) Alok Misra, VC -Mewar University for their inspirational support in the publication of the Journal.
We would like to thanks all the Authors, Reviewers, Editorial Board and Publisher for their Kind support in the publications of Manuscript.
We hope the editorial board will work relentlessly to index the journal in UGC-Care shortly and Scopus in near future.

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay K. Sharma
Managing Editor (Hon.)

Prof. (Dr.) Nitin Girdharwal
Editor (Hon.)