• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.71-83
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• 2016

Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and evaluate discovery layer search tools for retrieval of legal information in Indian law libraries. This paper covers current practices in legal information retrieval with special reference to Indian academic law libraries, and analyses its importance in the domain of law.Design/Methodology/Approach. A web survey and observational study method are used to collect the data. Data related to the discovery tools were collected using email and further discussion held with the discovery layer/ tool /product developers and their representatives.Findings. Results show that most of the Indian law libraries are subscribing to bundles of legal information resources such as Hein Online, JSTOR, LexisNexis Academic, Manupatra, Westlaw India, SCC web, AIR Online (CDROM), and so on. International legal and academic resources are compatible with discovery tools because they support various standards related to online publishing and dissemination such as OAI/PMH, Open URL, MARC21, and Z39.50, but Indian legal resources such as Manupatra, Air, and SCC are not compatible with the discovery layers. The central index is one of the important components in a discovery search interface, and discovery layer services/tools could be useful for Indian law libraries also if they can include multiple legal and academic resources in their central index. But present practices and observations reveal that discovery layers are not providing facility to cover legal information resources. Therefore, in the present form, discovery tools are not very useful; they are an incomplete and half solution for Indian libraries because all available Indian legal resources available in the law libraries are not covered.Originality/Value. Very limited research or published literature is available in the area of discovery layers and their compatibility with legal information resources.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.641-654
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• 2015

이 논문은 인도의 대학도서관에서 전자자료에 대한 이용자의 지각을 연구하였다. SRM 대학교 도서관을 사례로 하여 전자자료에 대한 이용자의 지각과 이용자 만족도를 조사하였다. 1,724명의 직원과 연구자들에게 설문을 배포하여 수거된 1,205건의 설문지를 분석하여 연구를 수행하였으며 조사결과를 토대로 전자자료이용과 관련한 장애물과 이용을 개선하기 위한 방안을 모색하였다.