... proposes comprehensive social, economic and political strategies to address these issues and accelerate women’s empowerment. It argues that prioritizing women’s empowerment will substantially impact economic growth, social development and governance. Ultimately, empowering women is essential for India...

...Dattatraya Kalbande Purpose This paper aims to explore the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative by the Government of India as more than a policy for research access – it conceptualizes ONOS as a soft power strategy that contributes to India’s global academic influence. The study draws...

...Gireesh Kumar T K Purpose The aim of this paper is to evaluate the progress of documentation efforts of the country, India in conserving and preserving its intangible cultural heritage (ICH) elements. This paper also provides few suggestive measures to improve the effectiveness of documentation...

...Gireesh Kumar T.K. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the legal, governmental and non-governmental, academic and digital initiatives in relation to the preservation, conservation and promotion of cultural heritage in India and some of the key challenges associated...

...Sanjay Kumar Jha Purpose In this work-in-progress, the application of blockchain technology (BT) in higher education in India – involving academic institutions, students and verifiers – in the wake of fake degrees (racket) being issued at a large scale from universities across the country is being...

...Anup Kumar Das Purpose This paper evaluates the different digital libraries (DLs) in India developed in the past two decades. These DLs help advance scholarship and facilitate the reading habits of their users. Many of these DLs have a rich collection of vernacular literature depicting India’s...

...” category in the 2020 rankings. Further, the authors analyse how the ILS-WSDS transitions work in the academic libraries of higher educational institutions (HEIs) in India. Design/methodology/approach The 200 top-ranked institutions in the NIRF rankings 2020 were chosen to evaluate their ILS-WSDS...

..., the study scopes out the feasibility of developing single-window comprehensive national CHIS for all the cultural heritage properties of India enlisted in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO’s) World Heritage list. Design/methodology/approach Conservation efforts...

... 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...

... as in India. International examples of crowd participation in GLAM creation are found in the literature; however, not sufficient evidences are found regarding crowd contribution in Indian GLAM. Hence, the paper, by presenting the evidences of crowd participation in GLAM domain, proposes the Indian GLAM...

... and endorse the fact that there is a strong relationship between book buyers and library visitors. Social implications Litfests are booming to promote literature in India. There is a lot to be done to promote public libraries as a public good for people in India as a third space for reading, inclusion...

...Maitrayee Ghosh Purpose This paper aims to understand e-books’ popularity in India and the potential of mobile devices to reach huge number of readers because of content absorption through mobile phones and iPods. Design/methodology/approach To accomplish the goal of this study, the author...

...Bharti Yadav; Meera Yadav Purpose – The purpose of this article is to show the present condition and necessity of the Indian Citation Index (ICI) in India. Design/methodology/approach – This article covers all facilities, services and resources of the ICI. Findings – The ICI...

...S. Santhanakarthikeyan; M. Grace; R. Jeyshankar Purpose – The aim of the present study is to analyze the literature growth, author productivity, authorship pattern, average length of articles and country collaboration of cancer research in India. The Indian Journal of Cancer, which shows...

...Shalini Ramdas Lihitkar; R.S. Lihitkar Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to know the institutions who are developing electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in India, and to compare the ETDs in India based on a predetermined parameter. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology...

... literacy in a university scenario in India, a developing nation. Design/methodology/approach – The primary data were collected through a questionnaire-based survey on a sample of 329 respondents from three major universities located in North India. The study focused on only postgraduate students...

... is to analyze the awareness of open access publishing among researchers and faculty members of Indian institutions, and to evaluate the development of open access initiatives in India. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on both primary and secondary sources of data. For studying awareness...

...Sarika Sawant Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine institutional repositories developed in India and Canada containing documents on women's studies. Design/methodology/approach The methodology consisted of identification of institutional repositories containing documents on women's...

...Maitrayee Ghosh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a summary report of the 35th Social Science Congress deliberations held in December 2011 at MGAHV, Wardha, India. Design/methodology/approach The report includes selected presentations and provides a review of some of the events...

... of the Maharashtra state of India were considered for the study. Originality/value This is one of the first papers focusing on the use of web 2.0 tools in teaching by LIS instructors in India. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 India Universities Web 2.0 Library and information science LIS...