Browsing by Author "Gopalakrishnan, S"

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    Challenging role of Library and Information Profession in the Internet Era
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2002-02) Gopalakrishnan, S
    The global shift in acquiring, storing, and disseminating the information in Internet era, made a substantial change in the work environment of library and information professionals. In this paper attempt has been made to elucidate the strategies to be adopted to be successful in the present context.
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    Institutional Repositories Towards Knowledge Management
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-02-02) Ramesha; Gopalakrishnan, S
    Institutional Repositories (IRs) are a visible manifestation of the emerging importance of Knowledge Management (KM) in higher education. Paradoxically, “scholarly respect for knowledge and a desire to ensure academic freedom make most institutions reluctant to manage knowledge of any sort”. This paper explains the concept of Institutional Repository (IR) and brings out the definitional analysis of IR definitions. Briefly describes the initiatives taken towards building IRs. States the logical Principles of IR and emphasizes its significance in Academic and Research Institutions. Further highlights the benefits in developing IRs. Explains the availability of free and fee software in the design and development of IRs and enumerates features of each software. Finally urges to adopt relevant standards to achieve globalization and access of IRs by universal community.
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    Library Software Selection: A Fuzzy Logic Approach
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2003-02) Gopalakrishnan, S; Raghavan, K S
    The availability of a large number of software packages in the market for library automation has made it important for libraries to adopt suitable criteria in the selection of appropriate software. An attempt has been made in this paper to develop a system for optimal selection of software products using fuzzy logic.
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    Present Status of Availability of Electronic Resources in Engineering Institutions in Tamil Nadu
    (2011-03-02) Sasireka, I; Gopalakrishnan, S; Balamurugan, S
    The paper describes about the availability of electronic resources in academic libraries in T ami lnadu. It is based on the case study conducted in the Engineering I nsti tutions of T ami lnadu. The study provides evidence of the current status of e-resources, selection and access to various e- resources.
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    Towards The Design and Development of E-Books : An Experience
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-02-02) Rajendran, P; Gopalakrishnan, S; Babu, B Ramesh
    This paper advocates a strategy to select PG level thesis materials based on their intellectual value, and to define technical requirements for retrospective conversion to digital form based on their informational content. Defining the conversion requirements the document attributes may be the guarantee of building digital collections with sufficient richness to be useful for the long-term. There are factors that are compelling towards conversion of digitized form.