Abstract Citation and Reference Management (RM) has always been a crucial part in the study of scholarly publications. The management of these references has mostly been the sole responsibility of the author until now as they collect, maintain and format. There are the tools to assist in this regard, whereas both the commercial and open sources offer varying degrees of support for user specific... Citation and Reference Management (RM) has always been a crucial part in the study of scholarly publications. The management of these references has mostly been the sole responsibility of the author until now as they collect, maintain and format. There are the tools to assist in this regard, whereas both the commercial and open sources offer varying degrees of support for user specific needs. In the past few years, we witnessed the arrival of a large number of new tools with greatly expanded functionality. Most of the newer reference managers focus on the collaborative aspects of collecting references and writing manuscripts. A number of these newer tools are web-based in order to facilitate this collaboration, and some of them are also available for mobile devices. Many reference managers now have integrated PDF viewers (sometimes with annotation tools) for scholarly papers. This studied the available online reference tools and indicate the future functions of these tools. These tools are expected to play a role in reference linking. Read More Read Less

Abstract Digital television is a new buzzword in Indian entertainment & media industry. The limitations of analogue transmission brought the concept of digital television in India. The digital television is expected to bring more transparency in the system and better revenue sharing among the stakeholders. The present study makes an attempt to study the subscription revenues in the pre and post digitisation periods. For... Digital television is a new buzzword in Indian entertainment & media industry. The limitations of analogue transmission brought the concept of digital television in India. The digital television is expected to bring more transparency in the system and better revenue sharing among the stakeholders. The present study makes an attempt to study the subscription revenues in the pre and post digitisation periods. For DAS-I the pre digitisation period taken is FY 2011-12 and post digitisation period is FY 2014-15. Similarly for Das-II pre digitisation period is FY 2012-13 and post digitisation period is FY 2015-16. Broadcasters Multi System Operators (MSOs) and Government are selected as key stakeholders in the present study. The other stakeholders such as Local Cable Operators (LCOs) are not considered due to unavailability of data. The study also addresses the challenges faced by the industry in the digitisation road map and various causes for unnecessary delays. The findings of the study indicates that the conversion from analogue to digital Television in India is successfully achieved in major cities in phase I and phase II, however subscription revenues of stakeholders are still to be seen a significant rise. Sociopolitical factors have caused unnecessary delays in Chennai and Coimbatore and have spoiled the smooth implementation of digital television. This as a result has provided big setback to the entertainment and media industry. The industry must gain knowledge from the faults of phase I & II and put improved methods and procedures in place. The complete mistrust between MSOs and LCOs is one of the biggest reasons for the stumbling pace of digital switchover. The study suggests that the role of government is also crucial and should set up a digital switchover support, which could spread awareness and rewards stakeholders who are the part of making the switchover a success. Read More Read Less

Abstract Competencies evaluation has been considered as a powerful management tool in defining acceptable level of performance. There is scarcity of literature on attributes and competencies of researchers. Yet, no formal or validated standard assessment tool for researchers’ competencies in Iran is generated. This study was conducted in order to design a test for assessment of researchers’ competencies based on Vitae Researcher Development Framework... Competencies evaluation has been considered as a powerful management tool in defining acceptable level of performance. There is scarcity of literature on attributes and competencies of researchers. Yet, no formal or validated standard assessment tool for researchers’ competencies in Iran is generated. This study was conducted in order to design a test for assessment of researchers’ competencies based on Vitae Researcher Development Framework and to validate it for Iranian researchers. To select the sample size, Iran was divided into eights regions and questionnaires were distributed among researchers in each region. The data was collected during January to June 2014. Data collection tool included Vitae Researcher Development Framework. The validity of translated questionnaire was assessed by using the opinion of 24 experts. The reliability of questionnaire was measured by using Cronbach’s á and Guttman’s Lambda 2. Also, composite reliability test and classification reliability tests were performed to measure the reliability of questionnaire and its sub scales. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) were applied to investigate validity and reliability by the use of AMOS software. The results of CFA showed that to validate this tool for Iranian researchers14 descriptors and two domains should be deleted from the questionnaire. Also, the result of CFA showed that questionnaire should be divided into two questionnaires, which one of them measures the professional competencies of researchers and the other measures the general competencies related to personal effectiveness, research organization and governance, and communication, influence and impact. Considering these changes, the model was fitted for the two questionnaires. The level of reliability was at a desired level for both questionnaires. The mean score of Iranian researchers on the domains and sub-domains of the questionnaire showed that the overall scores were very poor and less than 50% of the total score. Read More Read Less