Gyankosh: The Journal of Library and Information Management,is a biannual journal of the information Resource Centre, INMANTEC. Indexed and Abstracted with - Indian Citation Index, Google Scholar, CNKI Scholar, EBSCO Discovery, Summon(ProQuest), Primo and Primo Central, I2OR, ESJI, DRJI and ISRA-JIF.
Patron
Dr Pankaj A Gupta
Chief Editor
Dr M Masoom Raza
Professor,
DLIS, Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh, UP, India,
Email: masoomr.ls@amu.ac.in,
masoomr@yahoo.com
Editor
Dr Rama Krushna Charan Patro
Librarian,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Email: librarian@inmantec.edu,
rkcpatro@gmail.com
Assistant Managing Editor
Mr Amit Kumar Gupta
Sr Assistant Librarian,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Mr Gouri Shankar
Assistant Librarian,
INMANTEC Institutions, Ghaziabad,
UP, India
Production Manager
Mr Jitender Sharma
Graphic Designer,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Editorial Board
| Dr Akhtar Parvez Librarian, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi, India Email: akhtaronline@gmail.com | Dr Babita Gaur Librarian, Gargi College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India Email: babita.gaur@gargi.du.ac.in |
| Dr Ashok Kumar Sahu General Manager/Chief Librarian, Central Library, Reserve Bank of India, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Email: aksahu@rbi.org.in | Dr Brundaban Nahak Librarian, Centurian University, Paralakhemundi, Odisha, India Email: brundaban.nahak@cutm.ac.in |
| Dr Asmat Ali Deputy Librarian, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, J&K, India Email: asmatali999@gmail.com | Dr Dhaval D Bhatt University Librarian, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Email: dhavalben.bhatt@paruluniversity.ac.in |
| Dr A W V Athukorala Dy. Librarian, Sri Palee Campus University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Email: watsalaa@yahoo.com | Dr Dilara Begum Associate Professor and Chairperson, Dept. of Information Studies & (Acting) East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh Email: dilara.lab@gmail.com |
| Dr Jamal Ahmad Siddiqui HoD, DLIS, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: jamal_siddiqui2004@yahoo.co.in | Dr Ramesh C. Gaur Director & Head - Kala Nidhi Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India Email: rcgaur66@gmail.com |
| Ms Jitamoni Bhattacharyya Librarian, Biswanath College, Biswanath Chariali, Assam, India Email: jitamoni096@gmail.com | Dr Rajesh Kumar University Libraian, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India Email: drjharajesh1969@gmail.com |
| Dr Jitender Sharma Sr. Librarian, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: jitender.sharma@jaipuria.ac.in | Dr R K Mahapatra Professor, Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, India Email: rkmahapatra@tripurauniv.ac.in |
| Dr Jitendra Shrivastava Professor, DLIS, M.L.B. Government College of Excellence, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India Email: drjitendra.shrivastava@gmail.com | Dr R N Malviya University Librarian & Proctor, Rishihood University, Sonipat, Haryana, India Email: ramanand.m@rishihood.edu.in |
| Dr K P Singh Professor, DLIS, University of Delhi, Delhi, India Email: kpsingh330@gmail.com | Dr Sangeeta Kaul Director, Developing Library Network, (DELNET), New Delhi, India Email: sangskaul2003@yahoo.co.in |
| Dr Manoj Kumar Sinha HoD & Dean, DLIS, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India Email: mksinha1965@gmail.com | Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh Professor & HoD, DLIS, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India Email: sksgu1@gauhati.ac.in |
| Dr Manoj Kumar Verma Associate Professor, DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India Email: manojdlis@mzu.edu.in | Dr Sudharma Haridasan Professor, DLIS, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: sudharma.haridasan@gmail.com |
| Dr Nabi Hasan Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, Email: nabihasan@gmail.com | Dr Sunil Kumar Satpathy Deputy Librarian & Head, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chattisgarh, India, Email: library.nitrr@gmail.com |
| Dr N S Harinarayana Associate Professor, DLIS, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka, India Email: ns.harinarayana@gmail.com | Dr Satyajit Padhi General Manager (Lib. & Inf.), Whistling Woods International, Goregoan East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Email: satyajit.padhi@whistlingwoods.net |
| Dr P. K. Tripathy Deputy Librarian, Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Shyamla Hill, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Email: tripathypkt@rediffmail.com | Dr Vinod Kumar Mishra Deputy Librarian, Tripura University (A Central University), Agartala, Assam, India Email: mishravk79@gmail.com |
| Dr W A Weerasooriya, Senior Professor, DLIS, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Email: waw@kln.ac.lk |
Reviewers Board
| Dr Anil Kumar Jharotia University Librarian, The NorthCap University, Gurugram, Haryana, India Email: aniljharotia@ncuindia.edu | Dr Monawwer Eqbal Dy. Librarian, Aligarh Muslim University, UP, India, Email: eqballib@gmail.com |
| Dr Akash Babu Jain Assistant Librarian, Central Sanskrit University, Sringeri, Karnataka, India Email: akashbjain@csu.co.in | Dr M Suresh Babu HoD, DLIS, Mandsaur University, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India Email: hodlibrary@meu.edu.in |
| Dr Ajit Kumar Director, Central Secretariat Library, New Delhi, India, Email: ajit.kumar1973@gov.in | Dr Pankaj K Dedha Librarian, Sharda University, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: researcherpkg@gmail.com |
| Dr Awadhesh Singh Gautam HoD, DLIS, Gopal Narayan Singh University, Jamuhar, Sasaram, Bihar, India, Email: hod.lis@gnsu.ac.in | Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India Email: director.iqac@caluniv.ac.in |
| Dr Bibhu Prasad Panda Chief Librarian, Knowledge Garden, Central Library, DRIEMS, Cuttack, Odisha, India Email: bibhuprasadpanda@driems.ac.in | Dr Pravish Prakash Associate Professor, DLIS, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India Email: prakash_pravish@lkouniv.ac.in |
| Dr Kripa Nath Jha Assistant Professor (SG), Delhi Skill & Entrepreneurship University, Dwarka, New Delhi, India, Email: kripanjha@yahoo.com | Dr Preeti Mahajan Professor, DLIS, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, Email: preetidr@pu.ac.in |
| Dr Mahendra Kumar Sahu Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Bodhgaya, Bihar, India Email: sahumahendrak9@gmail.com | Dr Sangita Gupta HoD, DLIS, University of Jammu, Jammu, J&K, India, Email: sangitauniv@gmail.com |
| Dr Surendra Sethy Assistant Librarian, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India Email: surendra.sethy@spsu.ac.in | |
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Books - Chakraborty, S.K. (1999) Managerial Effectiveness and Quality of worklife: Indian Insights. New Delhi Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.
Ph.D. Thesis - Maheshwari, RK (2000) ‘Accounting for Human Resources: Acquisition, Development and Retention’ Ph.D. thesis, University of Delhi, Delhi
Journal - Chakraborty, S. K. (Oct 2001) “The Giving Model and Corporate Excellence: A Field Report” Decision, pp 219-224. Manikutty, S. (2001) “Telecom Services in Urban and Corporate Segments: A Consumer Perspective” Vikalpa, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp 15-28
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