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.
Professor, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Professor & Head, Deptt. of Library & Information Science,Mahatma Gandhi Vishwavidyalaya Chitrakoot, Satna (M.P.) , India
Professor and Head, Deptt. of Library & Information Science, Assam University (A Central University), Silchar, India
Deputy Librarian, Central Library, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Professor & Head, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut
Vice Chancellor, Prestige University, Indore , India
Chief Librarian, Sushant University, Gurgaon, Haryana , India
Librarian, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi , India
Deputy Librarian, Central Library, BHU, Varanasi , India
Vice Chancellor, Medicaps University, Indore , India
Region Head -AIP, Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai, India
Associate Professor and Head, Department Of Library & Information Science, M.M.H. (P.G.) College , Ghaziabad , U.P., India
Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Mandsaur University, Madhya Pradesh – India,
Director, PIMR-UG Campus, Indore, India
Head, Deptt. of Library and Information science, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Agra (U.P.) , India
Professor & Head, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University,Varanasi (U.P) , India
Deptt. of Library & Information Science, C.C.S University, Meerut , India
Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai , India
Vice Chancellor, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore India
Pro Vice Chancellor, Prestige University, Indore , India
Deptt of Library & Information Science, Govt. City College, Telangana-500002 (Hyderabad) , India
Information Scientist, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra, India
Professor & Dean – Research, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore , India
Dean –Management, PIMR, Indore, India
Pro Chancellor, Global Open University , Nagaland Former President , Computer Society of India, Chennai , India
Associate Professor, Department Of Library & Information Science, Narain College , Firozabad , UP, India
Librarian, Government First Grade College, Irakaigada , Koppal, Karnataka
Sr. Manager, Prestige Education Foundation, Indore
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.
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.
Statement of Ownership and other particulars about the Journal Profes-sional Journal of Library and Information Technology
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.)
Managing Editor(Hon.)
M.A.(Eco.), M.Lib.Sc., Ph.D
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