Collection Development and Library

Collection development is systematic planning and rational building of library material. The term includes all activities involved in assessing the users’ need, evaluating the present collection, determining the selection policy, coordinating the selection of items, re-evaluating and storing parts of the collection and planning for resource sharing. It is not a single activity, but an agglomeration of activities (Parameswaran, 1997). Similarly ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science (1983) defines collection development... Read more »

Scientometric Research: An overview

Introduction: The effectiveness of scientific research performance could be realised only through a proper communication system. Communication in science could be viewed from the standpoint of a historian, an economist, a sociologist, and a library professional, and so on. Thus science and scientific communication are so interrelated that one influences the other for the generation of information. Among scientists and social scientists, it is widely accepted that public research performed in academic... Read more »

Download Pre-Installed Koha on Ubuntu

Koha Integrated Library Management System: Koha is a full-featured Integrated Library System(ILS). there is no cost for the license, you have the freedom to modify the product to adapt it to your needs, etc. Developed initially in New Zealand by Katipo Communications with Horowhenua Library Trust. It is currently maintained by a dedicated team of software providers and library technology staff from around the globe. That by adopting it, the customer becomes... Read more »

Information seeking behaviour

Introduction: Communication has become a basic necessity with which life becomes complete and blissful and also it is a process of social interaction through which people are influenced not only by ideas but also attitudes, knowledge and specifically behaviour. Only then can societies grow and develop. As the societies change fast, its masses need communication. This helps them to gain new information to progress with the changing society. The world at present... Read more »

Types of Internet Resources may related with Library Science

Today the number of resources available on the Internet is immense. Companies, organisations, educational institutions, communities and individual people all serve as information providers for the electronic Internet community. This sharing of resources and information is an example of societal cooperation on a grand scale and has fostered professional and personal communications throughout the world. Electronic resources on the Internet manifest themselves in numerous flavours and categories. Electronic Journals: The term Electronic... Read more »

Factors that Facilitate and Impede Internet Access

Access to the internet is not available across India but limited access because of costs and unavailability in remote and awkward areas making it non-existent for a vast majority of Indians. A major factor that facilitates internet access in schools, is the need to ensure that the internet supports the educational goals for students. In other words, the learning goals should drive the technology use. Access to the internet is facilitated by... Read more »

Importance of Internet in the Teaching Learning Process

The importance of ICT & Internet is quite an evidence from the educational perspective. Though the chalkboard, textbooks, radio/television, and film have been used for educational purpose over the years, none has quite impacted on the educational process like the computer. The main purpose of ICT consists just in the development of human mental resources, which allow people to both successfully apply the existing knowledge and produce new knowledge. With the rapid... Read more »

Internet Protocol

A protocol is a structure in which data is transmitted between two devices. The structure may vary from a set of devices to another set of devices for the data that is transmitted among them. The following issues are directly associated with the protocol between the devices: ➢ What is the procedure that is to be followed to check the errors in the message? ➢ Is the message going to be compressed... Read more »

Information Networks and Digital Libraries

The steady growth of digital information as a component of major research collections has had significant implications for college and research libraries. Libraries are currently burdened by the explosive growth of printed academic documents to digitize and also the great quantity of digital data published over the Internet to deal with. Many libraries have been creating or collecting digital information in a range of standards and the role of librarians has changed... Read more »

Necessity of ICT Infrastructure in the University Libraries

Automation and Electronic Information Processing Systems in Library: For more than twenty-five years, university libraries have been investing in information technology due to the awareness that to effectively and efficiently function in the face of increasing stock and variety of media, and provide services to an increasing number of users, they need up-to-date technical equipment. Therefore the fundamental motive behind the rapid adaptation of information technology is the desire for efficiency and... Read more »