C. Baskaran

C. Baskaran is presently serving as the Librarian/Professor in Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India. He successfully completed a Major Research Project has funded by ICSSR, New Delhi and currently also taking up a Major Research Project from same funding agency (ICSSR). He has authored three books in Library and Information Science. He is a research guide in the Dept. of Library and Information Science, Alagappa University and he guided and awarded eight Ph.D scholars and eight Scholars pursuing Ph.D under his guidance. He has published more than 100 articles to his credit. He was an adjudicator and examiner for Viva-voce exams of Many Ph.D in several Universities. Moreover, he is an editor of a Journal and Editorial advisory board member for journals of Library and Information Science. He visited and Presented papers at International Conferences in Malaysia and Greece. He has been holding charge additionally SWAYAM /MOOCs Co-ordinator of the University. He is a recipient of EET-Award of Research Excellence-2019.

Publications

Social Media and Networks for Sharing Scholarly Information Among Social Science Research Scholars in the State Universities of Tamil Nadu
Social Media and Networks for Sharing Scholarly Information Among Social Science Research Scholars in the State Universities of Tamil Nadu
C. Baskaran, Pitchaipandi P.. © 2023. 14 pages.
The study examines the impact and utilization of social networks and media for disseminating scholarly information among social science research scholars in south universities of...
Information Literacy Skills and the Role of Social Media in Disseminating Scholarly Information in the 21st Century
Information Literacy Skills and the Role of Social Media in Disseminating Scholarly Information in the 21st Century
C. Baskaran, S. Dhanavandan. © 2023. 236 pages.
The storage of information lies within the basic components called binary devices, and at present, storage media falls into two categories—random and serial (or sequential)...
Social Media and Networks for Sharing Scholarly Information Among Social Science Research Scholars in the State Universities of Tamil Nadu
Social Media and Networks for Sharing Scholarly Information Among Social Science Research Scholars in the State Universities of Tamil Nadu
C. Baskaran, Pitchaipandi P.. © 2021. 13 pages.
The study examines the impact and utilization of social networks and media for disseminating scholarly information among social science research scholars in south universities of...
Measuring and Implementing Altmetrics in Library and Information Science Research
Measuring and Implementing Altmetrics in Library and Information Science Research
C. Baskaran. © 2020. 162 pages.
Researchers are becoming increasingly concerned with tracking the impact and reach that their research has on the academic community. Through the implementation of altmetrics...
Research Patterns on the Social Networks and Media: A Scientometric Portrait
Research Patterns on the Social Networks and Media: A Scientometric Portrait
C. Baskaran. © 2020. 19 pages.
The study analyses 11,941 total records on social networks and media retrieved from Web of Science database during the period of study. The predominantly records 2,576 (21.57%)...
Initiatives of an Institutional Repository (IR) of the Academic Institutions in the Indian Scenario: Prospects and Challenges
Initiatives of an Institutional Repository (IR) of the Academic Institutions in the Indian Scenario: Prospects and Challenges
C. Baskaran. © 2020. 7 pages.
The chapter analyses that more than 60 academic and research institutions have set up their institutional repositories as indicated by ROAR (Registry of Open Access Repository)...
Determining the Electronic Information Access Visibility Among the Faculty Members in the Engineering and Technology Institutions
Determining the Electronic Information Access Visibility Among the Faculty Members in the Engineering and Technology Institutions
C. Baskaran, P. Ramesh. © 2020. 16 pages.
The study analyses faculty members from 39 engineering institutions where electronic information was accessed for their teaching and research in Coimbatore District. The study...
Altmetircs Research: An Impact and Tools
Altmetircs Research: An Impact and Tools
C. Baskaran. © 2020. 10 pages.
The chapter describes Altmetrics use in public APIs across platforms to gather data with open scripts and algorithms. Altmetrics did not originally cover citation counts. It...
Altmetrics Research on the Global Output: A Scientometric Analysis
Altmetrics Research on the Global Output: A Scientometric Analysis
C. Baskaran. © 2020. 12 pages.
The chapter describes the research publications on altmetrics research during 2012-2019. A total of 461 publications were brought out on this area over period of study. 25.81% of...
MOOCS Applications in Open Distance Leaning (ODL): Issues and Challenges
MOOCS Applications in Open Distance Leaning (ODL): Issues and Challenges
C. Baskaran. © 2018. 15 pages.
The term MOOC has been around since 2008, but the concept began to generate significant media attention and debate in 2012 with the launch of MOOCs offered by or in association...
Emerging E-Learning Technology (ELT) in Open Distance Learning (ODL): The Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Context
Emerging E-Learning Technology (ELT) in Open Distance Learning (ODL): The Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Context
C. Baskaran. © 2018. 13 pages.
Distance education is the most renowned descriptor used when referencing distance learning. It often describes the effort of providing access to learning for those who are...