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ICT and Information
Ontology: meaning and definition
1.1 Introduction: An ontology is a conceptual representation of a worldview and this world view is highly contextual. The scope of the world could be limited or expansive. Also, it could be a real world or an imaginary world (LIU & OZSU, 2009). Ontologies represent the world view with a graphical structure (“Intro to Ontologies – OSF Wiki,” n.d.). From a philosophical point of view,…
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Library Science
Digitization and digital preservation
What is Digitization? Witten and David (2003) defined digitization as the process of taking traditional library materials, that are in the form of books and papers and converting them to the electronic form, where they can be stored and manipulated by a computer. This basically involves changing analog data into a digital form, so that it is easier to access and also has a long…
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Library Science
Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials
1.1 Introduction: The present world is fast changing from the industrial world to the information world. It requires speedy, accurate, ready and reliable information. A large amount of information is being generated every moment. The information has become a strategic raw material and a dominating factor in decision making and execution. Information is and will be a primordial need for each individual in this world.…
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Library Science
Indexing Evaluation
An indexing system is a sub-system of an information retrieval system and hence, its performance is directly linked up with the overall performance of the entire information retrieval system. Evaluation of an indexing system essentially means measuring the performance of the system, success or failure, in terms of its retrieval efficiency (ease of approach, speed, and accuracy) to the users, and its internal operating efficiency,…
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General
Digital Information Literacy
Digital Information Literacy Introduction: Society has been transformed by the rapid development by the diffusion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the fields such as Education, Business, Health, Agriculture, and so on. Information users may be bewildered by a variety of digitalized information. The process of identifying and selecting information has become complex. It is critical to promote Information Literacy (IL) in the digital…
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ICT and Information
Blog and it’s Features
Definition and description: Blogs were one of the earliest and most effective means of communication in the social media sphere, besides forums. The Dictionary defines blog as “a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts).” The Merriam-Webster Dictionary1 (MWD) defines a blog as a ‘Web site on which someone writes about personal opinions,…
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ICT and Information
Social Media
What is Social Media? In 1981, much before the dawn of social networks, a psychologist in Ohio State University, Bibb Latane coined the Social Impact Theory after conducting a series of experiments to validate his hypothesis on how ‘influence’ works. However, the words “social media” was first used in 2005 depicting interest in the growth of inter-relational parts of the Internet. It is different from…
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Library Science
Knowledge and Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems: An Overview 1.1 Knowledge: The word knowledge is described as “justified true belief.” In a psychological context, whenever one thinks an idea is generated, which when conserved by human mind gives rise to knowledge. Ever since the man has become the thinker, knowledge has been growing (Husain, 2005). Knowledge is a part of a gamut of data, information, knowledge,…
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Library Science
Automatic Indexing
Automatic Indexing: In many literatures of Library and Information Science, the term ‘automatic indexing’ is interchangeably used with the term ‘computerised indexing’. A fully automatic indexing system would be one in which indexing is conducted by computers, an internally generated thesaurus is prepared, and search strategies are developed automatically from a natural language statement of information need. Salton provides the following definition of automatic indexing:…
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Management
Performance Appraisal
1.0 Introduction: The dynamic organizational system is going continuously with the transformation. The organizations have used adaptive ability & proactive approach to excel in their business environment. The performance appraisal system is result oriented and helps in improving employee productivity. The main aim of the performance appraisal system is to enhance and enrich the potentials of the employee through a rewards system, promotional activities, and…
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