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Development of a digital library of manuscripts
Authors: Londhe Nagesh L. , Desale Sanjay K. , Patil Suresh K. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the technical know‐how required for digitisation of manuscripts. It aims to discuss the digitisation process of manuscripts adopted in the Jayakar Library, University of Pune in India and also to evaluate the digitisation software used in this project.Design/methodology/approachThe paper explains different steps of the digitisation process. It also explains the process for creating metadata fields for easy retrieval of manuscripts and evaluates the digitisation software.FindingsDigitisation of manuscripts is a difficult process because of the fragility and discolouration (yellowishness) of manuscripts. Creation of metadata and especially subject headings for manuscripts is difficult and time consuming. QuickScan software is good for image capturing and DSpace is good for providing access to digital contents.Originality/valueThe project details and use of different software in this project may be useful for others carrying out digitisation projects.
Automated serials control at the Indian Institutes of Technology: an overview
Authors: Ghosh Tapas Kumar , Panda K.C. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the functional attributes of the automated serials control systems of the libraries in seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and provide a comparative analysis.Design/methodology/approachFeatures of the serials control modules of the library management systems (LMSs) in use in the central libraries of the IITs are thoroughly studied by logging into the respective systems.FindingsThe paper finds that five IITs are using LibSys and two use Virtua and Troodon for their LMS. Virtua covers most of the functional attributes that comply with the international standards, LibSys has tried to incorporate the core functionality of serials control although the compliance of standards is limited, but Troodon is lagging behind.Originality/valueThe recommended attributes of the automated serials control system will definitely act as guidelines for the libraries of the IITs to upgrade their existing systems and the developers of the respective library management system software will also take the necessary initiative to make their system fool‐proof by resolving the identified drawbacks.
Institutional repositories in Indian universities and research institutes
Authors: Krishnamurthy M. , Kemparaju T.D. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report on a study of the institutional repositories (IRs) in use in Indian universities and research institutes.Design/methodology/approachRepositories in various institutions in India were accessed and described in a standardised way.FindingsThe 20 repositories studied covered collections of diverse types. Most of these collections have unique content.Originality/valueThe goal of this study is to study the IR software and data based on the content type, metadata and characteristics. The paper also describes the collections and some important observations from this study.
AERIS: an integrated domain information system for aerospace science and technology
Authors: Ranjan Hatua Sudip , Madalli Devika P. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the methodology in building an integrated domain information system with illustrations that provide proof of conceptDesign/methodology/approachThe present work studies the usual search engine approach to information and its pitfalls. A methodology was adopted for construction of a domain‐based information system, known as Aerospace Information System (AERIS), comprising six distinct steps in identifying and sourcing, evaluating and then technically integrating resources into the information system. AERIS is an integrated gateway for resources in the domain of aerospace science and technology. AERIS is designed to provide information from varied sources such as formal publications (e.g. articles), aggregators (e.g. harvesters) and also informal resources such as blogs and discussion fora. Interaction is provided through a simple user interface.FindingsThe domain‐based information system with focussed collection and services serves patrons with more precision than general web search engines.Research limitations/implicationsAt present the AERIS system is populated with a limited number of resources. A fully‐fledged system may be developed based on the same model.Originality/valueThis original research work provides a model for a comprehensive integrated gateway to domain‐based information using open‐source tools.
Use pattern of print and electronic journals at the Kurukshetra University, India
Authors: Gupta Dinesh K. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the use of electronic journals from the INFONET consortium by faculty and research scholars of physics and chemistry at Kurukshetra University, India.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on the results of a questionnaire distributed to all the teachers and research scholars of the two departments.FindingsThe main findings are that the respondents are more attracted towards e‐journals than print journals. However, they depend more on open‐source materials than those available via INFONET. Respondents also identified the need for training in using e‐resources and retrieving information from them from time‐to‐time.Originality/valueThe use of e‐resources, particularly e‐journals, is increasing in the developing countries. Studies such as this one are required to understand the problems faced by the users and to increase the use of e‐resources.
Open‐source tools for enhancing full‐text searching of OPACs
Authors: Anuradha K.T. , Sivakaminathan R. , Arun Kumar P. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThere are many library automation packages available as open‐source software, comprising two modules: staff‐client module and online public access catalogue (OPAC). Although the OPAC of these library automation packages provides advanced features of searching and retrieval of bibliographic records, none of them facilitate full‐text searching. Most of the available open‐source digital library software facilitates indexing and searching of full‐text documents in different formats. This paper makes an effort to enable full‐text search features in the widely used open‐source library automation package Koha, by integrating it with two open‐source digital library software packages, Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL) and Fedora Generic Search Service (FGSS), independently.Design/methodology/approachThe implementation is done by making use of the Search and Retrieval by URL (SRU) feature available in Koha, GSDL and FGSS. The full‐text documents are indexed both in Koha and GSDL and FGSS.FindingsFull‐text searching capability in Koha is achieved by integrating either GSDL or FGSS into Koha and by passing an SRU request to GSDL or FGSS from Koha. The full‐text documents are indexed both in the library automation package (Koha) and digital library software (GSDL, FGSS)Originality/valueThis is the first implementation enabling the full‐text search feature in a library automation software by integrating it into digital library software.
Sliding wear behaviour of zinc‐based alloy vis‐à‐vis gray cast iron as influenced by applied load and sliding speed
Authors: Prasad B.K. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe objectives of this paper are to assess the sliding wear response of a zinc‐based alloy over a range of sliding speeds and pressures in oil‐lubricated condition with respect to a cast iron, to understand the role of different microconstituents in controlling the observed wear behaviour and to examine various operating material removal mechanisms.Design/methodology/approachSliding wear tests have been carried out using a pin‐on‐disc machine in oil‐lubricated condition at different speeds and pressures. The wear response has been explained in terms of specific nature of various microconstituents of the specimen materials and substantiated through the characteristics of wear surfaces, subsurface regions and debris particles.FindingsThe wear rate increased with the sliding speed while load produced a mixed influence. Further, the friction coefficient and frictional heating were influenced by the test duration, load and speed in a mixed manner. Moreover, the zinc‐based alloy attained lower wear rate but higher friction coefficient than that of the cast iron while frictional heating followed a mixed trend.Practical implicationsThe paper further establishes a zinc‐based alloy as a potential substitute material system to a well‐known cast iron in tribological applications and enables further understanding of the wear mechanisms.Originality/valueThe present paper assesses the sliding wear performance of a lighter zinc‐based alloy as an effective potential substitute material system to cast iron in tribological applications. An attempt has also been made to understand the role played by different microconstituents in controlling the wear behavior and substantiate the wear response through the characteristics of wear surfaces, subsurface regions and debris.
On the mechanism of the synergistic effect of PTFE and copper in a lithium grease lubricant
Authors: Krawiec Stanisław 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to find a reason of a very high lubrication effectivity of a lithium grease filled with PTFE and copper powders when used as a lubricant between contacting steel surfaces under mixed friction conditions.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents the results of the differential thermal analysis (DTA) of a lithium grease lubricant filled with 6 wt% PTFE and 6 wt% Cu and of a 1:1 mass mixture of PTFE and copper powders alone. The chemical composition analysis of post‐DTA residual substances was carried out using the x‐ray microanalysis. The same method was employed for the examination of the chemical composition of the post‐test friction area in the balls of a four‐ball apparatus. The balls were lubricated with three greases: without any fillers (the base 1S lithium grease), with one filler (6 wt% Cu), and with two fillers (6 wt% PTFE and 6 wt% Cu). For the latter compound, the load was 500 daN, for the remaining compositions, the load was 126 daN.FindingsThe results of the analyses done confirmed a thesis that the synergism of PTFE and Cu in the tested grease under mixed friction conditions is possible due to the thermal decomposition of PTFE and creation – as a result of a reaction of this decomposition products with an earlier formed platering layer – of new layers that are (to a high probability) complexes containing copper, fluorine, and sulphur.Practical implicationsPTFE and copper powders when used as fillers for a lithium grease form a very effective lubrication compound for steel sliding pairs. The application of this compound results in an overall reduction of friction and wear that is greater than a simple summation of gains obtained when using these two additives separately.Originality/valueIt was proved that a dominant factor contributing to the synergistic effect of PTFE and copper in a lithium grease when used for the lubrication of steel surfaces is the fluorine that originate from the thermal disintegration of PTFE and not sulphur from the base grease.
Design for static stiffness of hydrostatic plain bearings: constant compensations
Authors: Kang Yuan , Lee Jian‐Lin , Huang Hua‐Chih , Lin Ching‐Yuan , Lee Hsing‐Han , Peng De‐Xing , Huang Ching‐Chu 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe paper aims to determine whether the type selection and parameters determination of the compensation are most important for yielding the acceptable or optimized characteristics in design of hydrostatic bearings.Design/methodology/approachThis paper utilizes the equations of flow equilibrium to determine the film thickness or displacement of worktable with respect to the recess pressure.FindingsThe stiffness due to compensation of constant‐flow pump increases monotonically as recess pressure increases. Also, the paper considers which is larger than that due to orifice compensation and capillary compensation at the same recess pressure ratio.Originality/valueThe findings show that the usage range of recess pressure and compensation parameters can be selected to correspond to the smallest gradient in variations of worktable displacement or film thickness.
Oil film hydrodynamic load capacity of hydro‐viscous drive with variable viscosity
Authors: Xie Fangwei , Hou Youfu 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reveal the characteristics of hydrodynamic load capacity and torque transferred by oil film with variable viscosity, and the effect of groove number, width and depth on the hydrodynamic load capacity and torque transfer.Design/methodology/approachThe radial temperature of friction pair and viscosity of YLA‐N32 hydraulic oil were measured through experiments, and a viscosity‐diameter expression was deduced using polynomial fitting method. Analytical expressions for hydrodynamic load capacity and torque of the oil film were deduced based on hydrodynamic lubrication theory.FindingsThe investigation shows the hydrodynamic load capacity and transferred torque with variable viscosity are much less than that with constant viscosity. Load capacity increases with the increase of groove depth which is the most significant influence factor, while it has the least influence on torque. Groove width has great influence on load capacity and torque. The load capacity increases with the increase of groove width; contrarily, torque decreases with the increase of groove width. Groove number has little influence on load capacity, while it has great influence on torque. The torque decreases with the increase of groove number.Originality/valueIn this paper, analytical solutions for hydrodynamic load capacity and torque of the oil film with variable viscosity are deduced. The paper reveals the relationship between hydrodynamic load capacity, torque transfer and groove number, width and depth.
Student‐community engagement and the development of graduate attributes
Authors: Mason O'Connor Kristine , Lynch Kenny , Owen David 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the role of student‐community engagement in ensuring relevance of higher education to civil, social, economic and moral issues. It reviews the literature around three inter‐related themes: calls for higher education institutions to engage with their communities; the kinds of attributes university graduates should possess for employability and citizenship; and the pedagogies of experiential learning and reflection informing student and community engagement.Design/methodology/approachThis paper evaluates and draws together international literature related to three areas: calls for universities to engage with their communities, attributes which students engaged in co‐generative community relations might develop, and pedagogies which inform and develop such engagement.FindingsThe paper draws a number of conclusions related to pedagogy, citizenship and the need to develop quality indicators of engagement and impact. The overarching conclusion is that student‐community engagement founded on principles of mutual reciprocity enhances student attributes and is an important aspect of the modern university. Higher education needs to both retrieve the traditional civic role of the university, and also look forward to creating new approaches, so that universities are “of” the community and developing graduates as citizens.Practical implicationsThe paper includes policy implications for curriculum development in relation to fostering graduate attributes and citizenship.Originality/valueThrough an exploration and integration of literature related to themes of university community engagement, graduate attributes and pedagogies of experiential reflective learning the paper signposts an agenda of change for universities in the twenty‐first century.
Service‐learning and the development of empathy in US college students
Authors: Wilson Judy C. 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of a service‐learning experience on the personal development of college students, particularly focusing on the expression of empathy.Design/methodology/approachReflective writing papers were evaluated using a rubric with definitions for three types of understanding, as defined by Wiggins and McTighe in 2005, perspective, empathy, and self‐knowledge. The results were analyzed using Fisher's exact test to determine if there were significant differences in the expression of these types of understanding between the service‐learning group and the group that did not do service‐learning.FindingsStudents involved in the service‐learning assignment were significantly (p < 0.05) more likely to express empathy in their reflective writing than the students who did not participate in service‐learning. There were no significant differences between the groups in the other two types of understanding.Research limitations/implicationsThis was a small study in two classes taught by the researcher so the findings are limited by these factors. The self‐selection of the students into the two assignment groups also limits the conclusions that can be drawn from the findings.Practical implicationsPersonal development can be fostered by service‐learning assignments that include opportunities to interact with people in need so that understanding through empathy is likely to be experienced.Originality/valueThis study focused on the type of service‐learning experiences that are likely to lead to experiencing empathy which contributes to personal development. This type of development is a component of the general education goals for undergraduates in the USA.
Student internships bridge research to real world problems
Authors: Hynie Michaela , Jensen Krista , Johnny Michael , Wedlock Jane , Phipps David 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to report on student perceptions of 24 graduate student internships funded in 2007‐2008 by York University's Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit. These internships provided opportunities for students to engage in research with community agencies around real world problems.Design/methodology/approachThe principal sources of data were semi‐structured student interviews, conducted as part of an overall evaluation of the unit by an evaluation team, and student responses to surveys administered by KMb staff.FindingsThe significant findings were that students reported acquiring research and professional skills, plus a new understanding of theoretical knowledge, and that projects generated concrete outcomes for their community partners. Several students maintained ongoing relationships with their organizational partners beyond the terms of their internship, creating opportunities for ongoing benefits to both students and community partners. Students also identified areas of potential improvement, notably, there is an opportunity to strengthen the experience through integration into a formal curriculum.Research limitations/implicationsLimitations to this study are the relatively small sample size (n=20) and reliance on self‐report measures.Practical implicationsAs universities explore their relationships with their local communities, graduate student internships appear to have tremendous potential for supporting research and knowledge‐based needs of local communities, while providing valuable skills and training to a cohort of students in bridging academic research to real world solutions.Originality/valueThis article makes an original contribution by focusing on benefits to graduate students in scholarship of engagement programs that prioritize true partnership between students, universities and communities.
Executive coaching in practice: what determines helpfulness for clients of coaching?
Authors: de Haan Erik , Culpin Vicki , Curd Judy 
Published: May 2011

PurposeExecutive coaching is gaining in popularity, both as part of personal or organisational development programmes and as a tailored form of individual consulting. The purpose of this study is to examine how various aspects of the executive coaching intervention make a difference to the clients of coaching themselves.Design/methodology/approachThe study involved a web‐based questionnaire (163 closed and three open questions) completed by 71 executive coaching clients shortly after the beginning of their coaching contract and by 31 of those again approximately six months later.FindingsThe research found that clients' appreciation of coaching was high. In response to the research question “What determines helpfulness for clients?” a picture emerged of a client valuing the relationship with and the qualities of the coach, while making little distinction between specific interventions of that same coach. The findings support the idea that common factors are at work in executive coaching, so that helpfulness is much less predicted by technique or approach than by factors common to all coaching, such as the relationship, empathic understanding, positive expectations etc.Research limitations/implicationsFor further quantitative research into the effectiveness or helpfulness of executive coaching it will become increasingly important to explore the relative effectiveness of the various common factors.Practical implicationsThe findings show that professional executive coaches would do well to enhance the common factors in their work, such as the quality of their empathic understanding, the quality of the coaching relationship as perceived by the client, and the expectations of their client.Originality/valueThis research shows that a broad range of techniques are deemed helpful, and equally so. It is therefore not the preference for a specific technique that makes a difference, but rather the ability to employ many techniques, to use them well and at the right moment. This is clear support for a common‐factors perspective on executive coaching
Working time alterations within the Australian construction industry
Authors: Townsend Keith , Lingard Helen , Bradley Lisa , Brown Kerry 
Published: May 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a labour process theory interpretation of four case studies within the Australian construction industry. In each case study a working time intervention (a shift to a five‐day working week from the industry standard six days) was implemented as an attempt to improve the work‐life balance of employees.Design/methodology/approachThis paper was based on four case studies with mixed methods. Each case study has a variety of data collection methods which include questionnaires, short and long interviews, and focus groups.FindingsIt was found that the complex mix of wage‐ and salary‐earning staff within the construction industry, along with labour market pressures, means that changing to a five‐day working week is quite a radical notion within the industry. However, there are some organisations willing to explore opportunities for change with mixed experiences.Practical implicationsThe practical implications of this research include understanding the complexity within the Australian construction industry, based around hours of work and pay systems. Decision‐makers within the construction industry must recognize a range of competing pressures that mean that “preferred” managerial styles might not be appropriate.Originality/valueThis paper shows that construction firms must take an active approach to reducing the culture of long working hours. This can only be achieved by addressing issues of project timelines and budgets and assuring that take‐home pay is not reliant on long hours of overtime.