Editorial

Abstract

M. P. Singh and P. P. Kushawaha write about technical competencies in their article on "An Assessment of Information Communication Technology Skills and Competencies of Library and Information Science Professionals Working in Eastern State University Libraries, Uttar Pradesh: a study". "3 In an article on "An Evaluation of Using Library Resources and Services by the Agriculture Scientists in Postgraduate Agriculture College Libraries: special reference to Chhattisgarh state, India" the two authors, D. S. Mahipal and M. Verma, examine which "library resources and services are really useful" to agricultural scientists and their students.4 In conclusion the authors recommend that librarians not just fulfill users' immediate needs, but that they should aim equally at developing the "entire community through offering various library services." In "Global Machine-learning Research: a scientometric assessment of global literature during 2009-18" the authors, S. M. Dhawan, B. M. Gupta, and N. K. Singh, offer a bibliometric study using the Web of Science database and note that machine learning is an intensive growth area that has evolved as a multidisciplinary field that includes artificial intelligence and Bayesian methods, as well as philosophy and psychology.8 In their Figure 2 "Machine learning research: global share of top 10 countries during 2009-18" India has a respectable rank between Canada and Australia. 9 In conclusion they note that "international collaboration is critical to upgrade the quality and quantity of research and machine learning.