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Microsoft® Windows® User Interface (UI) Automation is the new accessibility framework for Microsoft Windows, which will ultimately replace MSAA, and is intended to address the needs of assistive technology products and automated testing frameworks by providing programmatic access to information about the user interface. UI Automation will be fully supported on Microsoft Windows XP and the next version of the Windows desktop operating system code-named “Longhorn”. Support will continue for MSAA in the Longhorn timeframe as well. UI Automation will also be made available for cross platform development via a royalty-free license. Introduction In 2003, Microsoft Corporation commissioned Forrester Research, Inc., to conduct a study to measure the potential market of people in the United States who are most likely to benefit from the use of accessible technology for computers (see http://www.microsoft.com/enable/research/). Accessible technology enables individuals to adjust their computers to meet their visual, hearing, dexterity, cognitive, and speech needs. It includes both accessibility options built into products as well as specialty hardware and software products (assistive technology products – see http://www.microsoft.com/enable/at/types.aspx) that help individuals interact with a computer. Overall results show that 57% (74.2 million) of computer users in the United States are likely or very likely to benefit from the use of accessible technology due to experiencing mild to severe difficulties or impairments (see http://www.microsoft.com/enable/research/computerusers.aspx). With the current technology, assistive technology vendors (ATVs) are required to use many different approaches to obtain and present information about the UI to the end user, thus spending an inordinate amount of time and resources on providing this basic information. With such a large percentage of users needing accessible information it is becoming increasingly important to make it easier for an ATV to programmatically obtain information about the UI. The new accessibility model for Windows, UI Automation, is designed to provide a single reliable source of UI information to assistive technology products and automated test scripts. It provides programmatic access that allows automated tests to interact with the UI and allows assistive technology products to provide information about the user interface to their end users. UI Automation also provides means for manipulating the UI. UI Automation has two main audiences: UI Automation providers and UI Automation clients. UI Automation providers are applications such as Microsoft Word, or third-party applications. UI Automation clients are assistive technology applications, such as screen


Introduction
Academic libraries may assist research by inventing and aggregating disciplinebased tools, offering tailored services, and promoting user-centered services (Kroll and Forsman, 2010). The function of libraries at research universities is shifting from reader services to author services. Governments throughout the globe are faced with the task of developing research e-infrastructures that can not only handle but also make increasingly huge volumes of research data accessible and discoverable. In response, universities are under pressure to guarantee that their research plans and support services are in line with these national imperatives.
The BLDE(DU) Central Library was founded in 1986, along with the institute. It is located in contemporary facilities and provides computerised library services to its clientele, which includes about 1500 undergraduate and postgraduate students, research researchers, faculty members, and supporting personnel from the institute's many departments. This Library is housed in a separate building with a carpet area of 2400 square metres in the heart of the campus, and it can seat more than 750 students/users at any given time.

Objectives of the Study
The purpose of this study is to look at the present state of research support services at the BLDE (Deemed to be University) library in Vijayapura. The following research questions form the foundation of the study: • How has the provision of library research support services developed over the last decate as shown by the BLDE (Deemed to be University), Vijayapura, library strategic plans?
• What resources does the BLDE (Deemed to be University) library in Vijayapura dedicate to research assistance?
• What are the most important research support services for library directors?

Review of Literature
Research support services provided by university libraries in the context of e-research and data-intensive research cover a wide range of activities, some of which have been analized.

Research Support Services by BLDE (DU)-Central Library:
The primary function of a university library is to aid the curriculum while also assisting the professors, researchers, and students. In the future, research support services will be a focus of innovation for libraries, putting significant demands on library resources/tools and technical conditions, as well as librarian wisdom/ skills and competence. Libraries will have to deepen their communication and collaboration with subject specialists and research management personnel/ bodies, improve their intelligence analysis and think tank services, and deliver high-level, professional, and tailor-made support services based on the lifecycle of research acclaim. The BLDE (DU) Central Library's critical research support services to its faculty and researchers are mentioned and briefly explained.

• Bibliometric Study (R-Studio, Biblioshiny, and VOSViewer):
Bibliometric is defined as the use of statistical methods to analyze the bibliometric publications data such as peer-reviewed journal articles, books, conference proceedings, periodicals, reviews, reports, and related documents. BLDE • Digital writing assistance through Grammarly software: BLDE (DU) Central Library users have been given training and access to Grammarly writing assistance tool, which is a cross-platform Cloud-based writing assistant that reviews spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement and delivery mistakes in real-time. It uses AI to identify and search for an appropriate replacement for the mistake it locates. It also allows users to customize their style, tone, and context-specific language and gives plagiarism report. This tool eases the otherwise cumbersome and slow process of writing content, allowing users to write more quickly and with confidence.  • Academic IDs Creation: Academic IDs or nothing but Author Identifiers

Conclusion
The primary function of any library attached to the HEIs/ Research Centers is to actively participate in the institution's research productivity by providing various services, facilities, ICT enabled tools and techniques and training and workshops so that it can be differentiated from traditional school or college libraries. Research has been an integral part of our Medical Education since its inception of Medical College. Research has received major thrust after being conferred the Deemed University status. We at BLDE (DU) strongly believe Teaching and Research should go hand-in-hand and complement each other. The central library of BLDE (DU) supports research by providing research collections, services, data literacy training and research data management and regularly conducts various hands-on workshops on multiple tools and techniques the central library procured which will help and enhance the functioning of research and thereby increasing the research productivity of the institution.