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PHD 6MOnths Progress report

1. 4 th Research Progress Report January to June 2024 Research Title AWARENESS AND USE OF ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION RESOURCES BY USERS OF IIITS IN SOUTH INDIA: A STUD Y Research Supervisor Dr. Vitthal Bagalkoti Assistant Professor and Library and Information Science Officer CMR University Presenting By Research Scholar: Somashekhar T S 22CPHDS032

2. Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Participation and Presentation Part 3: Research Progress Till Now Part 4: Next Work Plan Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 02 Contents of the Progress Report

3. Introduction Your Business Name | SDG Progress Report 2025 03 Somashekhar T S, a Research Scholar from the July 2022 batch, enrolled in the PhD program in Library and Information Science under the supervision of Dr. Vitthal Bagalkoti . Currently, I am working as an Associate Librarian, Archivist, and Coordinator for the Exams office in IIIT Bangalore. Throughout my academic pursuit, I have consistently dedicated myself to advancing my studies and research skills. Here is an overview of my progress for the period from January 2024 to June 2024:

4. Swayam Course Completion Completed Swayam Course in December 2023 Course Name: ICT in Libraries Course ID: BLIE-229 No of Credits: 04 Percentage: 65% Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 04

5. Worksho p on Digital Tools 5Day PDP Attended the 3days International workshop on Redefining libraries with digital tools on May 1 st to 3 rd may 2024, organized by Librarian Guide. Attended a five-day Professional Development Programme on “ Bibliometric Analysis and Reference Management” organized by NITTR Chennai from January 8th to 12th, 2024. Participated in National Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence Tools for Librarian” jointly organized by Library Department, Bhogawati Mahavidyalaya and The New College Kolhapur with collaboration with Shivaji University College Librarian Association (SUCLA) on 2Oth March 2024. National Workshop on AI Tools for Librarian Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 05

6. 5Day LDP Completed a five-day National Level Librarian Development Programme on “Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Methods for Effective Librarianship” organized by the Goa Institute of Management, Goa, from May 20th to 24th, 2024, to enrich my professional and research knowledge. 3Months Online Advanced Certificate in Digital Library Applications Completed the Advanced Certificate in Digital Library Applications course from 17th January, 2023 to 30th April 2024, with 69%, the course was conducted by Healthnet , Nepal in association with Nepal. Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 06

7. Article in Conference Presented the research paper titled “Navigating the Digital Landscape: A Study on the Effectiveness of E-Resources” at the 3rd International Conference on Knowledge Management in Higher Education organized by Manipal University Jaipur, held on January 30th and 31st, 2024. 01 Co-authored the research paper titled “Exploring Digital Information Literacy Skills among Library Users” presented at the same conference. 02 Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 07

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9. Research Progress Till Now Synopsis submitted during the 3 rd Semester went through the review and received Suggestions. As per the guidance started searching the previous work on my research area initially started with Google Scholar, Opens Access Journals, Research Gate Requested to schedule RAC for the approval of Research Topic RAC scheduled on 30 th April 2024 Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 09

10. Research Progress Supervisor advised to search the previous works in the Scopus, Web of Science, Shodhaganga , Shodhagangotri and LISTA. Extracted 123+ research work in the selected area from Scopus and LISTA database Started learning the Reference Management tool Zotero Framed the questionnaire and circulated for drafting the research article for submitting in peer reviewed journals Data Collection for writing the article is completed currently working on analysis of collected data Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 10

11. Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 11 Zotero-Reference Management Questionnaire Shared

12. Date of Meeting Meeting No. Issues Discussed/Suggestions Offered Remarks 04 th January 2024 1 Requested the supervisor to guide us the process of drafting of article for conference Supervisor explain the steps for drafting the article with examples and informed us to submit article for Conference in the initial stage 05 th January 2024 2 Supervisor give the Upcoming conference details and he allowed us to sit and review the articles and helped us to draft the paper Article draft was prepared in presence of supervisor and informed will come up by completing the task 14 th January 2024 3 Submitted the draft version of completed article for supervisor to review After the review submitted to conference and accepted 23 rd February 2024 4 Met the supervisor to discuss the literature review and its techniques, searching pattern etc Demo was given by research supervisor 24 th February 2024 5 As per the guidance started searching the previous work on my research area initially started with Google Scholar, Opens Access Journals, Research Gate Supervisor advised to search in the Scopus, Web of Science and LISTA abstracts for the articles published in the High Impact Journals 18 th March 2024 6 Went with the list of previous works searched from Scopus, web of Science and LISTA database Supervisor instructed to select the last 5 year works 19 th March 2024 7 Supervisor advised to divide the review work in different aspects to fulfill the object As per the suggestions seek permission for time and accordingly started the literature review work 05 th April 2024 8 Explained the importance of citations skills and Advised to learn the citations styles like APA, MLA, IEEE Supervisor provided the links for videos to learn the citation skills 28 th April 2024 9 Suggested us to preparing for the RAC presentations Prepared the presentation with our research topic content and progress report 30 th April 2024 10 Attended the RAC and have the chance to interact with External expert Supervisor allowed us to interact with external member it enhanced to enrich our skills and allowed us to expand the research in depth 17 th May 2024 11 Supervisor instructed to start work on drafting the article for Peer reviewed journals Data collection was completed and working on the analysis 14 th June 2024 12 Interacted for Questionnaire review Suggested to update the questionnaire with limiting to the research area and suggested to remove unnecessary fields Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 12 MEETING WITH RESEARCH SUPERVISOR

13. Next Steps Literature Review Completing the Systematic Literature Review by referring the previous works and drafting the literature review chapter to meet the research objective 01 Questionnaire Finalizing the Questionnaire and getting approval from Supervisor, start the data collection by visiting to the institutes 02 Article Submission Submission of article to Peer reviewed journals (Data Analysis in Progress) 03 Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 13

14. Acknowledgement I am grateful to my supervisor for guiding and motivating me to enhance my research skills . I also thank the expert member for enriching my ideas and helping me delve deeper into my research.. Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 14

15. Thanks to CMR University for providing all the support for this Research Journey Research Progress Meeting 01 st July 2024 15