Browsing by Author "Ramesh Babu, B"

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    APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRES(LICS) IN CHENNAI: A STUDY OF ITS IMPACT ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES(LIS)
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2001-03) Kasi Rao, V; Ramesh Babu, B
    The ongoing Information Technology(IT) revolution has deeply affected almost all areas of our life and all aspects of humans activity. Libraries, Information and Documentation Centres(LIBIDOCS) are no exception to the impact of Information Technology. The application of IT in different types of libraries in India has gained sufficient momentum. The IT application tools are essential for providing efficient and cost effective library and information services to the user community in the present scenario. Review of literature reveals a number of studies conducted in the application of IT in LIBIDOCS in the recent years. This paper presents one such study which has been carried out by surveying the application of IT among academic LICS in and around Chennai. There are nearly 100 academic institutions at graduate, post graduate and research levels in various disciplines. Libraries of 45 institutions like universities and colleges have been covered in the survey to analyse the nature, extent and types of application of IT based services. It also studies the areas of IT application, collection development policy , manpower development and the attitude of staff towards IT application. Finally, it also analyses the reasons for poor use of IT if any, and concludes objectively that application of IT in university libraries would certainly bring about orderly operations in Library and Information Manager Environment (LIME) without much of human interventions.
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    Design and Development of Database for Church Archival Materials (DOCCAM Package) In India
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2003-02) Vijay Kiran, A; Ramesh Babu, B
    This paper deals with the aspects relating to design and development of database for records maintained in the Church Archives. Creation of Computerized database would facilitate for the effective bibliographic organisation of the information materials. It provides a means for the retrieval of the valuable information stored in the archives and have an easy access to the archival materials for research scholars, historians and church personnel etc. Therefore in this paper an attempt has been made, to create a database for Church archival material based on the guidelines suggested by Cook and Proctor in the work entitled ‘Manual of Archival Description (MAD2).
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    Digital Preservation
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2002-02) Vijay Kiran, A; Ramesh Babu, B
    It is said: “Everything new is old again” This article deals with digital materials, the factors that affect them. Explains the preservation strategies such as refreshing, migration, technology preservation and emulation. The physical storage conditions like temperature, Relative Humidity, light and other threats: technology obsolescence, insufficient resources and insufficient planning are discussed at length. It is suggested to have common Standards, policies, for acquisition, conversion, storage and maintenance of digital materials, Education and training of digital preservationists, sharing of the technological know how. Finally, it concludes that in the digital environment nothing is static, rather it is dynamic.
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    INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (it) AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR SOCI0-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2001-03) Kasirao, V; Karuppiah, A; Ramesh Babu, B
    This paper introduces the concepts of Information Technology (IT) and its related fields. It defines the scope of Information management (IM). The paper reviews IT application sources/Indicators, which are essential in the context of modern library and information science services and precise library and information science management environment for socio-economic development. It also describes the role of information technology in effective storage, processing and retrieval in light of developmental trends in the field of information management. It discusses certain constraints in effective application of information technology for the management of information in the Indian Context. The constrains,such as the lack of availability and application of IT due to insufficient financial resources, reluctant manpower and ill-developed information infrastructure and other similar factors, come in the way of proper application of IT in the information management that serve as an indicator of socio- economic development which in turn affects the National Development.
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    An Investigation into the features of Web OPACs in India
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2002-02) Ramesh Babu, B; Tamizhchelvan, M
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    SUBJECT ACCESS IN OPAC INTERFACES IN TAMILNADU: A SURVEY
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2003-02) Ramesh Babu, B; Tamizhchelvan, M
    The design and development of OPACs are the recent development of libraries in India in general and Tamilnadu in particular. The major objective of the paper is to gain an overview of the subject access features of the OPAC interfaces being used in Tamilnadu. A sample of 50 libraries in Tamilnadu was selected. The analysis of the data represents the state-of-the-art of the libraries in the winter of 2002. The data includes, the types and nature of the libraries, Information Technology application, interface used, range of access points provided, subject access facility and types of searches in OPACs. The major findings of the survey are: an emerging trend in the development of OPACs; use of a variety of commercial software, in-house developed software also used in a few libraries; coverage of OPACs limited to book collection only; and absence of standardized vocabulary control tools for subject access.
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    TOWARDS DIGITIZATION OF CHURCH ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IN INDIA
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2001-03) Vijay Kiran, A; Ramesh Babu, B
    It is often said that “People must know the past to understand the present and face the future”. This statement more particularly suits to the church archival materials which depict and reflect the church heritage. In this paper an attempt has been made to present an overview of church archival materials in India in general and the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore in particular. It is based on a questionnaire survey. The survey covered various church archives in India. It has been found that in almost all church archives in India the archival materials are not effectively stored and preserved. Therefore, keeping in view, the present state of affairs in the care and maintenance of church archival materials and with the available technology, it is proposed to go in for ‘digitization’ as a means of preservation of church archival materials. In this context, the concept of digitization and its advantages, the hardware and software required for digitization, and the processes have been explained. Further, the type of archival materials to be digitized has been specified. The paper, concluding that in view of the effectiveness of digitization as a means of preservation, urges that in this new millennium the church archives in India should go in for digitization.