Purpose The environments of the library under open access (OA) are distinctively found as less expensive which ultimately reciprocates better services and technological support for the users as well. Focussing on the Librarians’ perspective, the purpose of the study is to highlight and establish a balance between the vision of OA initiatives and the support of Librarians in India. The principal and philosophy of the study are based upon the exploration of open source initiatives and their significance among the Library & Information Science community. Design/methodology/approach The study reflects the historical perspective of OA in India and around the world. The study further focusses on how the OA movement has taken a leap in adaptability by the librarians on the basis of acceptance model given. Considering the reviews of the librarians, the study reflects the librarians support OA initiatives in India. OA is a “provocation to thought”, it is a “social contract”. Findings Exploring beyond the researchers have come across that OA is a belief where knowledge evolves best when shared. Based on the acceptance the study given significant. It describes the librarian’s attitude while embracing the OA model with an increased acceptance towards OA, which supports in building Institutional Repositories and broadening the research horizons based on budgetary implications. The librarians and libraries adopt and work to build up a resilient model for OA to bring out awareness among the users. Research limitations/implications The scope of the study is limited to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The focus of the study is purposely laid down on the three given states of India keeping in mind Delhi being a capital city of India, Uttar Pradesh being the largest state of India (area wise) and Haryana state, which opened up multiple educational opportunities for the students and researchers Rajiv Gandhi Educational city plans to host many educational institutions including medical and engineering institutions. Practical implications The study describes the librarian’s attitude while embracing the OA model with an increased acceptance towards the OA, which supports in building Institutional Repositories and broadening the research horizons based on budgetary implications. The librarians and libraries adopt and work to build up a resilient model for OA to bring out awareness among the users. Social implications The present study brings out the need of different policies and mandates by Government of India for OA along with University Grants Commission, National Knowledge Commission and Research Organisation to promote the culture of OA. The study further recommends that LIS communities come together and build the learning culture to promote limitless sharing of information and knowledge for scholarly society. Originality/value This research work aims to make a difference in highlighting the librarians’ support on OA initiatives in India due to the role of librarians on transitional point. Dissemination and management of information using digital technology during pandemic have had a significant impact on divided environment. With this paradigm shift, the world struggles with the pandemic. The librarians try to keep themselves in pace by embracing the technology and LIS professionals do adopt the radical reventure the info technology.
Plagiarism has become a buzz word in higher education sector graving as unlawful act in academic publishing. A lot of literature covering the various aspects of plagiarism and related issues has been published in the form of scientific communications. The article contemplates and visualizes the literature on plagiarism with the help of selective bibliometric parameters. The present study is focused upon concept of plagiarism with an intend to enrich the quality of research and bringing in more awareness on the topic by presenting detailed analysis on the quantum of research work from 1989-2022. During the study period, 3771 validated documents were found on the theme of plagiarism. An average citation per document is registered as 14.3. Wiwanikit, V; Rolg, M; Joob, B, and Marusic A had the highest publications on plagiarism literature. The analysis in the given study stated that USA, United Kingdom, China, Australia, and Canada have been most contributing countries in terms of the research output. Using Bradford’s law, the top ten sources along with SJR value13from the core zone has been evaluated. The conceptual structure on theme of plagiarism is revealed through co-occurrence of keyword and thematic map. ‘Plagiarism’, academic dishonesty’ and ‘attitude’ are found to be highly occurred keywords.The article written by Drummond, G. B. entitled ‘Reporting ethical matters in The Journal of Physiology: standards and advice’ is found to be highly cited in overall output of plagiarism literature. The stakeholder of this research would be benefited from the quantitative information on the theme of plagiarism. The list of prominent authors, core journals and multitude themes will help them to submerge in the subject of plagiarism to explore more the issue related it
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