Browsing by Author "Bhandi, M K"

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    Academic Libraries for the 21 st Century
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Konnur, P V; Bhandi, M K
    This paper focuses on new paradigms and strategies that are ought to be considered from the perspectives of information technology and the critical information needs of academic library users, amidst the stress of reduced budgets and decreased buying power. The paper also discusses the effective solutions to meet the evolving information needs of the campus and the larger academic community.
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    Building Institutional Repository (IR) : Role of The Library
    (Inflibnet centre, 2007-02-08) Vishala, B K; Bhandi, M K
    Institutional repositories represent an historical and tangible embodiment of the intellectual life and output of an institution. These are now clearly and broadly being recognized as essential infrastructure for scholarship in the digital world. The paper seeks to provide an overview of Institutional repositories its benefits to the institutions and also describes the role of library in building an Institutional repository.
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    E – Learning Indian Scenario and It’s Impact On Library And Information Science Professionals
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-02-02) Lobo, Janet; Bhandi, M K
    The aim of e-learning is to explore and to accumulate useful knowledge over and above faster copying, searching and to distributing. The present paper discusses in e-learning, its meaning, role of libraries in e-learning, need of e-learning modules, forms, technologies, components, motivating factors, virtual communication tools, e-learning development in India, Impact on library and information science professionals, advantages and disadvantages.
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    E-Resources: New Models for Content Delivery- Preference to formsof journals by the Academicians of Universities of Karnataka:A Survey Report
    (INFLIBNET Center, 2009-02-25) Vishala, B K; Bhandi, M K
    Use studies of journals dominate the literature. An attempt has been made in this paper to report the preference of the physical form of the journals amongst the academicians in Karnataka. In the situation where both electronic and print versions are available, the study revealed that the respondents preferred to have both the versions equally.
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    Information Literacy Teaching In Higher Education Environment
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-02-02) Vishala B K; Bhandi, M K
    The paper seeks to provide an overview of information literacy developments and initiatives taken up in a higher education sector in an international environment and some of the information literacy models which are in use in an international level are also observed. The article is based on literature reviews and models discussed here could help India and other developing countries to develop their own Information literacy programmes
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    Metadata Harvesting and The Open Archives Initiative
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-02-02) Purushothama, Gowda M; Bhandi, M K
    The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is a collaborative effort that provides an application- independent interoperability framework based on Metadata Harvesting. Though the OAI-PMH is a very recent development it is being regarded as an important step towards information discovery in the digital library arena. This paper looks into the issues leading to its development as well as gives an inside view of the proposed model.
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    Selecting Online Vendors for Consortia
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2003-02) Gowda, M P; Vaman, K; Bhandi, M K
    This paper focuses on vendors providing electronic access, referred to as online vendors. The steps involves in vendor evaluation. In their view there are several factors to keep in mind during the selection process. Consortia assist member libraries to improve user access to information resources. Selecting a vendor can be a difficult process. Once familiar with this process, it is not so painful.
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    Understanding Consortia Better: What Vendors Can Learn
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2003-02) Vaman, K; Bhandi, M K; Gowda, M P
    In the authors view Consortia probably resemble vendors more than they resemble libraries. A consortium aims to assist member libraries In the authors view libraries in carrying out their mission of improving the end user's access to information resources. No two consortia are alike: they have different structures, histories, and specific goals. Working with consortia often can reduce a vendor's overhead. It provides member libraries with the information (including pricing) they need to make subscription decisions. They say that If a library consortium puts its Good Housekeeping seal of approval on a new e-resource and discusses it on consortial list servs and at consortial meetings, this helps create an interest and buzz about the e-resource among the member libraries." Handling negotiations and maintaining licenses for products "saves tremendous staff time in the libraries. Vendors should try to unders tand the unique qualities of the consortia with which they work. This article offers guidance directed mostly at vendors.
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    Use of UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium Resources: Its Impact on University Libraries of Karnataka.
    (INFLIBNET Center, 2008-02-28) B K, Vishala; Bhandi, M K
    The recent developments in Information Technology changed the world scenario. Libraries and Information Centres have embraced the new information technology more profoundly than many other fields and most of them are currently using electronic products and services. IT offers tremendous opportunities to provide solutions to some of the major challenges now libraries are facing. Electronic Publishing or e-publishing is an important media of the new Information Technology. Nowadays the majority of publishers are interested in publishing their documents in electronic format. Electronic journals are attracting readers’ attention in todays networked environment. In this environment these e-journals open up many exciting opportunities and have already brought a revolutionary transition in library philosophy. These are one of the main vehicles used by researchers for scholarly communication. UGC InfoNet, e-journals consortium programme is an innovative scheme implemented in India in the year 2004 to access scholarly journals in general university environment. A survey has been conducted among the librarians of universities of Karnataka and opinions were sought regarding the impact of using e-journals offered through the UGC-InfoNet e-journals consortium project. The paper highlights the results of the survey.