Browsing by Author "Deka, Prasanta Kumar"

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    Digital Library Consortia with Reference to UGC-Infonet: A Need of the Hour in Digital World
    (INFLIBNET Center., 2008-02-28) Deka, Prasanta Kumar; Singh, Sanjay Kumar
    ICT is playing a major role in the all round development of society. Recent developments in the technologies have brought changes in the modes and methods of information, storage, retrieval and transmission. The Internet and web technology has open new dimension to the information systems. Internet, www, web 2.0 etc. has brought a major revolution on the library and information centres also to have access to different information sources and disseminate to the users in the era of information explosion. The paper mainly discusses about the importance of UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortia for the libraries in the digital wor
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    E-Resources in College Libraries of Guwahati with Reference to NLIST: A Study
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Karmakar, Gouri Sankar; Deka, Prasanta Kumar; Singh, Sanjay Kumar; Sarkar, Sankar
    In the era of Information explosion e-resources are the only solution in the academic community for dissemination of knowledge in the present context. The paper mainly discusses on the use and application of e-resources in the college libraries of Guwahati, Assam. It highlights the present scenario of NLIST including access facility, user awareness and also discusses the security threats of digital era. The INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is providing e-resources to Colleges in India in general and NE Region in particular.
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    Emerging Functions and Activities of Library Consortia with reference to Best Practices in LICs of Higher Education in Assam
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2017-08) Dey, Nabin Chandra; Singh, Sanjay Kumar; Deka, Prasanta Kumar
    When the question of library resource sharing arises, it primarily indicates the books and journals, but why not share the other resources used for resource sharing. During the last century a lot of changes have taken place in the field of library cooperation starting with the production of union catalogues to shared integrated library systems. Library consortium is a terminology evolved to encompass all sorts of cooperative activities by modern libraries. Subscription of electronic resources is not the only function of a library consortium; it can provide many valuable and indispensable services to the member of libraries. A properly planned library consortium with good leadership can go a long way in serving the libraries by proving value added services. Many factors are responsible for consortia formation and many a times consortia are formed by the libraries by looking only on its benefits. The paper highlights the emerging areas of resource sharing among libraries through library consortia and discusses the issues and challenges faced by the library professionals of LICs of higher education in Assam in the digital era. It also highlights the application of ICT for digital library, the role of NAAC, NKC, and at the end a few suggestions are given for the betterment of college library services in Assam. It is the need of the hour that all college libraries of Assam must go for automation, which will lead towards the digital initiatives of Govt. of India towards Digital India movement.
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    Internet and Web Technology for Library In Digital Enviornment With Refernce to College Libraries of Guwahati
    (INFLIBNET CENTER, 2007-12-07) Deka, Prasanta Kumar; Singh, Sanjay Kumar
    ICT is playing a major role in the all round development of society. Recent developments in the technologies have brought changes in the modes and methods of information, storage, retrieval and transmission. The Internet and web technology has open new dimension to the information systems. WWW has created a sound impact on the library and information centres to have access to different information sources and disseminate to the users. The paper mainly discusses about the importance of Internet and web technologies for the libraries in the digital environment. Web provides significant advantages by integrating different library and information services with a common user interface provided by web browsers.
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    Long Tail: An Emerging Technology for LIS in the Network Environment
    (INFLIBNET Center, 2008-02-28) Singh, Sanjay Kumar; Deka, Prasanta Kumar
    The enormous growth of the web, starting from zero to everything in the last decade, has forced us to believe in the impossible again. It might be the long-heralded great library of all knowledge really being within our grip? Today we need a building about the size of a small-town library to house 50 petabytes. With the advancement of tomorrow’s technology, it will fit into our iPod or may be some new device, which can store large amount of data. When that happens, the library of all libraries will ride in our purse or every individual’s pocket. If it doesn’t plug directly into our brain with thin white cords… Converting inked letters into electronic dots that can be read on a screen is simply the first essential step in creating this new library. The real magic will come in the second act, as each word in each book is cross-linked, clustered, cited, extracted, indexed, analyzed, annotated, remixed, reassembled and woven deeper into the culture than ever before. In the new world of books, every bit informs another; every page reads all the other pages… This paper mainly discusses about the long tail as an emerging technology for libraries in the network environme
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    Prospects of Open Source Software in LIS Area of Assam
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2008-11-06) Singh, Sanjay Kumar; Deka, Prasanta Kumar
    The choice of library management programme is constituted by social, economic and or political factors that result in selection of a system that is not suitable for the library requirements, characteristics and functions. Open Source Software or OSS has revolutionised the modus operandi of library software for library automation. OSS is quickly becoming a solution, owing to the freedom to copy, modify and distribute it and freedom from contracts as well as for greater opportunities for interoperability with other application. The paper mainly discusses about different OSS. It is a relatively new idea for library automation. People often advocate OSS because it is free. Some of the selected OSS is highlighted. OSS is an umbrella term used to refer to a wide range of software products, services and communities.
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    Research Data Repositories in Perspective of Climate Change: India to lead The World in Big Data Analytics with G-20 Summit
    (INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2023-11-17) Pal, Birender; Singh, Sanjay Kumar; Deka, Prasanta Kumar
    Background:Climate change is one of the major environmental challenges that have been faced by every nation. Data is the key factor for any nation for its progress. Different data repositories are maintain by different disciplines, organizations or nations. Technology is a boon for dealing with different global problems. Data science if merge with technology can bring a major development in our society. The G20 in its 2023 vision has clearly mentioned about “One Earth One Family One Future” which further expressed its concern towards the global problem related to climate change faced by the nations. The G-20 presidency of India may bring a common platform for countries to store and exchange their data with one policy and technology. Objectives:The study targets to identify different data repositories available in the world on the domain of climate change. The study also targets the data repositories of India. The study refers to identify the strength of G-20 countries on climate change domain data repositories with a proposal for creating a Unified global data repository on the domain. Methods:The method for the study is based on the available data repositories under the Registry of Research data repositories related to climate change. The climate change repositories were identified by following four areas of universe of knowledge. Results:The study found that there are 217 repositories of the 22 nations or unions on climate change domain. Further, the study also found that there are 62 data repositories identified which are created after the cooperation among nations or union. India individually is found to have 11 numbers of data repositories on the domain. Implications:The findings of the study can be applied for mitigating the global challenge faced by the world in terms of climate change by implementing the domain of data science. The study may lead India to serve as a Global leader in mitigating the global problem of climate change through its G-20 Presidency.
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    Web - Resources in Assam Agricultural Library, Jorhat : A Case Study
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2010-02-18) Sarma, Nitupan; Singh, Sanjay Kumar; Deka, Prasanta Kumar; Devi, Himadri
    The paper mainly discusses about the e-resourses as well as web-resources available in the Assam Agricultural University Library at Jorhat. It also highlights various services rendered by the library and brief history of AAUL.