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The aim of this paper is to find out best free mobile general dictionaries to recommend library users.

Google Play Store was reviewed to find out free but authentic dictionaries.

Even though there are more than 100+ free dictionaries available, out of it, two dictionaries, that is, Oxford Dictionary of English & Dictionary by Merriam-Webster, were found to be the best with prominent features such as search and learning tools.

The paper throws light on best free mobile dictionaries with their features which are rarely mentioned in literature.

The paper aims to review the EssentialPIM app, a personal information manager that helps in organization and maintenance of personal information collections in which information items, such as print documents, electronic documents, email messages, Web references, handwritten notes, etc., are stored for later use and repeated re-use.

Google Play Store was reviewed to find out personal information manager which is useful for everyone.

EssentialPIM is an Android version of highly popular on Windows platform personal information manager. It allows one to manage calendars, tasks, notes, contacts and passwords. It restores the backup data with ease onto existing or any other Android device.

The paper discusses the best information manager with their features and one that is useful to librarians, students and research scholars, business owners, etc.

Crowd funding is a method to raise funds for a specific cause or project by asking a large number of people to donate money, usually in small amounts, and usually during a relatively short period, such as a few months. This paper aims to explore the global as well as Indian crowd funding platforms and literature as well to find out the success stories of crowd funding.

General literature was reviewed. Various crowd funding platforms were scanned, especially Indian, to find the successful crowd funding stories.

It was found that plenty of crowd funding initiatives have been taken in India, especially to build libraries, to decorate libraries, for collection development, to provide services, etc. Nongovernmental organizations/trusts are the ones who are undertaking these initiatives. There is a need to create awareness of such activities by experienced library professionals/nonprofessionals who have done crowd funding and for them to share their experiences and practices of crowd funding among other professionals, so that others can also explore such methods.

This paper promptly presents the Indian crowd funding initiatives and the success stories.

The purpose of this paper is to compile a list of non-library and information science (LIS) massive open online courses (MOOCs) useful for LIS professionals and students.

Major MOOC platforms were scanned to check which are useful MOOCs that LIS professionals can take up.

Around 12 different courses were identified by the researcher in various fields such as management, technology, marketing and research.

Only three MOOC platforms were consulted.

The paper gives an overview of MOOCs other than the LIS field and how they can enrich the LIS professionals' knowledge and skills.

The purpose of this paper is to examine institutional repositories developed in India and Canada containing documents on women's studies.

The methodology consisted of identification of institutional repositories containing documents on women's studies, development of a tool for evaluation, followed by actual evaluation/content analysis of identified repositories.

It was found that there were 22 institutional repositories in Canada and three in India containing documents on women's studies. The highest number of documents on women's studies were available in the IR of University of British Columbia, i.e. 9,778. About 56 per cent (14) of the repositories contained community on the women's studies.

Those institutional repositories containing documents on women's studies developed in India and Canada were considered for the study.

This is one of the first studies focused on issues on women's studies and repositories.

The article aims to explore the changes taking place over time in the scholarly communication process.

With the help of available literature, the traditional scholarly communication process is compared and contrasted with the open access driven scholarly communication process/model.

It has been observed that the Web 2.0 has affected the way knowledge is created and disseminated. New avenues of the peer review process are taking place, which is an integral part of the scholarly communication process. The article ends with some thoughts on the future of scholarly communication and the challenges ahead.

The present paper attempts to summarize the scholarly communication process from two different perspectives, i.e. traditional and open access driven.

The present paper is compilation of open access resources in the subject area library and information science (LIS) and their usefulness in the LIS teaching and learning process. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Researcher compiled list by visiting library science department web sites, library web sites, OA forums/blogs, etc.

The library science subject area is rich in various forms of open access literature which is reported in the paper.

One of the first studies to report various forms of open access literature in the library science subject area.

The overall aim of the research was to gather the data related to open access journal initiatives in India with respect to its type, funding agency/host organization, full text availability, article charges etc.

Various sources of information were consulted such as literature, search engines, directories etc.

Results shows that all 178 open access journals were peer reviewed, indexed and abstracted in various indexing and abstracting services, listed with DOAR and O‐Jgate.

Open access journals that were available on internet were included but not those which were available on intranet.

In the earlier literature it was mentioned that there were about 100 to 110 open access journals and no author paid journals. But the present study discovered the existence of 178 open access journals with three author paid journals.

This study aims to explore the various aspects of the development of institutional repositories (IRs), and especially the timeline involved beginning with planning, pilot testing, system implementation, exploratory activities conducted before implementation of the IR and its anticipated benefits.

A survey research method was used. The data collection tool applied for the study was an online questionnaire, which was created with the help of software provided by surveymonkey.com.

It has found that all institutions had done planning and pilot testing before implementation of an IR. “Attending institutional repository software implementation training and workshops” and “Demonstrating an operational institutional repository to my institution’s decision‐makers” were the most exercised exploratory activities. All respondents agreed on the benefit that an IR provides “Better service to contributors and institution’s learning community”. “Contributor’s lack of knowledge” was the most important inhibitor that impedes the web administrator’s ability to set up a successful institutional repository.

Only Indian institutional repositories were studied.

This is one of the preliminary studies focusing the development of IRs in India. Paper type Research paper

The purpose of this research is to study various issues concerning the IR software/system involved in development of institutional repositories (IRs) in India.

The survey research method was used. The data collection tool applied for the study was a web questionnaire, which was created with the help of software provided by surveymonkey.com

It was observed that 79 per cent of the institutions had implemented the DSpace IR software package. The respondents considered the End‐user interface to be the top ranking IR‐system feature. It was found that all IRs supported Text (HTML, Postscript, PDF, Spreadsheet etc.) file formats. Half of the respondents marked bitstream copying as a long‐term preservation strategy. Almost all institutional repositories were OAI‐PMH‐compliant.

Only Indian institutional repositories were studied.

This is the first detailed study focusing on the IR system/software aspects of IR. The present study has identified the existence of 16 functional IRs, some of which were not registered in any of the directories such as ROAR, Open DOAR.