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Item The role of digital library in university education(BPDM Journal of Research, 2013-01) Uddin, Md. SarwarBooks, Newspapers, Magazines, Essays / Composition of different natures, sound films, videos etc which can be now available for digital collection evaluation, processing, preservation and make them understand by all types of readers in electronic form. Internet or CD ROM (can be read only) are in disk form. By the help of Digital Library (DL) one can learn and understand everything about history and knowledge of different culture- traditional & scientific knowledge of different languages and people of all the countries of the globe starting from the beginning of ancient people till today, all the people of the world (educated, uneducated, ignorant, deaf and dumb) in their houses or office while sitting or moving by a transport by the help of Laptop or mobile phones in their own language they can read, listen and visualize above all things to enrich their regarding knowledge.Item Nutrition literature of Bangladesh: a bibliometric study(Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 2008-07) Ahmed, S.M. ZabedThis paper presents the results of a bibliometric analysis of nutrition literature of Bangladesh. A list of periodical articles on various aspects of nutrition research of Bangladesh published during 1972 - 2006 was compiled for analysis. A total of 636 articles by 998 authors were identified. The articles were published in 100 local and foreign journals. The five-yearly distribution of nutrition literature shows that there is a rapid growth of nutrition literature from 1987 onwards. Lotka’s law is found to be applicable to nutrition literature of Bangladesh. Bradford-Zipf distribution also appears to be applicable to the literature.Item A comparison of novices' initial performance, learnability and memorability with a web based IR interface(Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 2006-12) Ahmed, S.M. ZabedThis paper reports on an empirical study of novices’ searching with a web-based IR interface. Two different novice groups took part in this study. The NP group took part in the initial performance experiment. The NLM group took part in two different tests. The first test measured their learnability with the interface after a brief “hands-on” training. The second test was run four weeks after the learning in order to assess their memorability of search skills. Novices’ performance across all experiments was measured in terms of time taken to complete search tasks, search terms used, error rates, and success of the tasks performed. Their subjective satisfaction with the interface was also measured at the end of all tests. The results of the study showed that novices could readily perform simple search tasks. Novices’ performance improved significantly when a brief “hands-on” training was provided. Their subjective satisfaction with the interface also improved after the training. However, novices’ memorability of search skill was poor. Their satisfaction with the interface also diminished during memorability test. The paper concludes with some principles of effective IR interface design for naive searchers.Item Computerisation of Libraries in Bangladesh(Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 1997-12) Ahmed, S.M. Zabed; Munshi, Md. Nasir Uddin; Ahmed, Minhaj UddinExamines the state of library computerisation in Bangladesh. Presents efforts made by different bodies and institutions in the country to automate their library operations and discloses problems faced by the libraries, which succeeded in automating some of their functions. Provides suggestions as to how libraries can adopt new computer technologies in order to improve their functions and services to users.Item A bibliometric analysis of diarrhoeal disease in Bangladesh(Annals of Library and Infonnation Studies, 2011-06) Khatun, Asma; Ahmed, S.M. ZabedItem Library and information science literature in Bangladesh: A bibliometric study(Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 1998-12) Khan, M. Shamsul Islam; Ahmed, S.M. Zabed; Munshi, Md. Nasir Uddin; Akhter, NilufarPresents the results of a statistical analysis of the papers on various aspects of library and information science (LIS) emanated from Bangladesh during 1966-1997. The analysis is based on a list of papers compiled to show the growth and size of the LIS literature in Bangladesh, patterns of their distribution by subjects within the field of librarianship, characteristics of the contributing periodicals, language of publication, authorship patterns, and geographic distribution of the periodicals. The results of the study showed that, during 1966-1997, a total of 308 articles, authored by 116 library professionals were published in various periodicals with the highest number (256, 83.11%) in Bangladesh, followed by India (21, 6.82%). All these papers were published in some 37 periodicals originating from 14 countries. About 92% of the articles were credited to the single authorship; only 25 articles were co-authored. Problems in library research in Bangladesh have also been discussed, and some suggestions have been put forward to improve the overall situation.Item Lotka's law and authorship distribution in nutrition research in Bangladesh(Annals of Library and Information Studies, 2009-06) Ahmed, S.M. Zabed; Rahman, Md. AnisurThis paper examines the validity of Lotka's law to authorship distribution in the field of nutrition research in Bangladesh. A list of periodical articles on various aspects of nutrition research in Bangladesh published during 1972-2006 was compiled for analysis. Using "full productivity" of authorship, a total of998 personal author names were identified. Lotka's law was tested using both generalized and modified fonns and Kolmogorov-Smimov goodness-of-fit tests were applied. The results suggest that author productivity distribution predicted in Lotka's generalized inverse square law is not applicable to nutrition research of Bangladesh. Using least-squares excluding high productive authors and maximum likelihood methods, Lotka's law is found to be applicable to nutrition research of Bangladesh.