Receiving memento from Prof. PK Abdul Asiz, Vice-Chancellor, AMU during the SIGIT web site launching ceremony on 3rd December, 2011 held at Cultural Hall, Aligarh Muslim University. 

Introduction to the SIGIT

Introducing SIGIT in launching ceremony. On the Stage: Dr. RK Chadha, (Joint Secretary, Parliament of India), Prof. PB Mangla (Ex Dean, Delhi University), Prof. Shabahat Husain (University Librarian, AMU) 

SIGIT Website launched

Subject Information Gateway in Information Technology (SIGIT) website (www.itsubjectgateway.com) launched by Prof. PK Abdul Asiz, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University today. The SIGIT, a one stop full fledged gateway in IT is developed in the department of library and information science, AMU with the financial assistance from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. The SIGIT gives direct link to almost all relevant information related to IT available on the Internet. Project completed under the leardership of Dr. Naushad Ali PM. The project team include Mr. Mohamed Mustafa. K, Salahuddeen E, and  Mohamed Shakir. 

Digital Library and Institutional Repository: Mechanisms for Digital Information Management

Paper presented on 'Digital Library and Institutional Repository: Mechanisms for Digital Information Management" at the National Conference on Digital Library Management and Challenges. Organized by ACCMAN institute of Management, Greater Noida, INDIA. November 19, 2011

Abstract

Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories are two most effective mechanisms to organize and manage digital information. This paper discusses the digital libraries (DL) and institutional repositories (IR) from its definition to implementations and best practices in India and other countries. Special focus has been given to open sources software used to create DL and IRs. Features, advantages and disadvantages of both DL and IR are discussed. A brief introduction to some of the world digital libraries like WDL, EL, ADL, and NOAA Photo library are given. Some important Indian digital libraries like DLI, NSDL, TKDL and NALANDA are introduced.  International institutional repositories like SSRN, ArXive, NASA ADS and CERN are studied. The study also shed light to Indian repositories like ePrint@IISc, OpenMed, NIODL, RRIP and NAL-IR.

Keywords: Digital Library, Institutional Repository, Open Source Software,

The paper is published by Asian Books, New Delhi. Bibliographic details:       Musthafa, M and Ghalibeen, S (2011). Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories: Mechanisms for digital information management. In Satyaprakash Singh (Ed) Digital Library Management and Challenges. New Delhi: Asian Books, pp 106-118. ISBN 978-81-8412-102-5

XXVIII All India IASLIC Conference 2011

Present a paper on 'E-Publishing Made Easy' at 28th IASLIC All India conference at University of Kashmir on 13th Oct. 2011.

E-Publishing Made Easy: Use of Web 2.0 Tools and Services for Scholarly Publishing.

Mohamed Musthafa. K

Dept. of Library and Information Science,

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

musthafa.lis@gmail.com

Abstract

Electronic publishing has gained momentum in the digital communication age. The introduction of Web 2.0 in 2004 and its subsequent development have influenced the mode of e-publishing. This paper discusses the e-publishing, its classification, existing business models, and modes of e-publishing. The concepts of Web 2.0, tools like Blogs, Wikis and Podcasting which are used for scholarly publishing along with its features are elaborated. The concept of publishing 2.0, role of library professionals and the advantages of Web 2.0 based scholarly publishing are also taken for consideration.

Keyword: E-Publishing, Web 2.0, Publishing 2.0, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting. 

Best Paper Award 2011

One of my paper entitled 'Social Networking Experiences of University Students on Facebook' is awarded 'Best Paper Award 2011' at the National Seminar on Knowledge Mangement: Issues and Challenges held at INMANTEC, Gaziabad on 24th September,  2011.

Receiving Best Paper Award from Prof. Pankaj Gupta

Social Networking Experiences of University Students on Facebook

Mohamed Musthafa. K

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Abstract

Study the social networking experience of university students in India. The objective of the study was to find out the use of Facebook (FB) by the students of Aligarh Muslim University, India and to explore how and why they use FB. Time spent on FB and satisfaction levels of students have been investigated. An attempt has been done to determine the problems faced to use SNS. A questionnaire with open and close ended questions was administered among 100 students randomly. The response rate was 86 percent. Statistical tools have been used to analyze the data. The result shows that female use FB than male students. Majority of the students (60.40%) use FB daily and 41.68 % spend less than one hour. Reading others’ posts (88.37%) and chatting with friends (56.11%) are the major activity on FB. Nobody use FB to interact with teachers. Reasons for using FB is the students want to be a part of a group or community (65.11%) and to network or meet new people (55.81 %).  Almost all students (86.04%) are satisfied with FB. Students do not like to use internet for a long time and lack of enough time to use SNS are the main problems in using SNS. Lack of training and lack of privacy and security are also inhibiting the students in suing SNS. 

This paper is presented in The National Seminar on Knowledge Mangement: Issues and Challenges held at INMANTEC Gaziabad, on 24 Sept, 2011