PLANNER 2005

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Issues in UGC-Infonet E-Journal Consortium
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-10-10) Devi, Thiyam Satyabati; Murthy, T.A.V.
Library consortia for purchasing electronic journals became recognized as a vital part of academic information infrastructure at the research community. The biggest challenge that newcomers to the consortium world face is grasping the fact that standard setting is about giving away rights in technology. Leading institutions in North America and Western Europe take a variety of positive measures to promote consortium activities and formed unique consortia of many kinds. On the other hand, a consortium in India is still in a developing stage and struggle to solve problems they face. The factors that have led to the development of consortia are diverse among countries. This paper describes definitions, aim, organizations, internal structures, policies and other characteristics of the UGC-Infonet E-Journal Consortium which is one of the well known consortia for Higher Education in India under the UGC. It will also highlight the characteristics and issues faced by the consortia and the measures taken up to promote consortium activities.
Knowledge Management (KM): Conceptual and Theoretical Frame Work
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-10-10) Mudhol, Mahesh V; M, Purushothama Gowda
KM is an important sector of human resource management capturing and managing knowledge requires certain skills. Skills that are needed are described and management principles are listed out in this paper.
Multilingual Access to Information in A Networked Environment Character Encoding & Unicode Standard
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-10-10) Biswas, Subal Chandra
With the recent rapid dissemination over the international computer networks of world-wide distributed document bases, the question of multilingual access and multilingual information retrieval is becoming increasingly relevant. Briefly discusses some of the issues that must be addressed in order to implement a multilingual interface for a digital library system in general, and the problems associated with character encoding of multilingual text in particular. Highlights the development of Unicode Standard, which is envisioned as a solution to the problem of multilingual character encoding and its progressive implementation by the computer industry, including the library community. Concludes that library and information networks in India must adopt Unicode to digitize and provide access to the rich repertoire of literature generated in scores of Indian languages.
Consortium based Library Subscription : Some Issues
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Dhiman, Anil Kumar
The academic environment is becoming more and more competitive in its dealings and functions and the academic culture is fast transforming as enterprising in nature. The library as the centre for scholarly communication faces many challenges in meeting needs of its users. Among the solutions used in libraries in providing information, an access strategy through web is very much requested by modern users. As such, now-a-days, the consortiumbased library purchasing is getting favour. This paper discusses some of the problematic issues in consortium – based library subscription
Consortium of Plantation Crops Research Libraries For Resource Sharing – A Proposal Issues and Facts
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Joshi, Govind
nformation explosion resulted from the rapid advances in all scientific fields has made it vital for all scientists to have rapid, easy access to scientific information. However, scientists in developing countries are hampered by the high cost of subscriptions to various journals. Since air-mail delivery is prohibitively expensive, the journals that are received come six to eight months after the publication date, hampering the work of scientists even further. Fortunately, the Internet has come to the rescue. Online journals are available immediately after publication anywhere in the world, with a few clicks of a mouse. Electronic subscriptions are normally cheaper than print subscriptions. Nevertheless, the costs to institutions are still extremely high, particularly in view of the fact that any institution has to subscribe to many journals to meet the varied needs of its scientists. In view of this urgent need, it is proposed that all institutions dedicated to research on plantation crops come together to form a consortium to subscribe to a core group of international journals, available online, that would benefit all members. This would follow the pattern of other consortia such as INDEST, INFONET and INFLIBNET. Experience gained in an initial experiment are focused.
Scientists Views on Trends in Digital Library In Bangladeh and India
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Singh, Thoudam Shyam; Singh, Ch. Ibohal; Devi, Th. Madhuri
Library and Information Scientists are dealing with digital library. Their views in respect of Bangladesh and India are analysed here to understand the scenario of Digital Library (DL) and its services in the two countries. Emphasis has been given on the technological requirements, DL Services rendered and the problems encountered. Concludes with the suggestions for the successful implementation of the DL.
Multiple Intelligences: A Need of the Day in Digital Environmental Era
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Baskaran, S.; Tamizhchelvan, M.; Gopalakrishnan, S.
In the present digital environment theoretical knowledge is not sufficient for the library and Information scientists, so practical exposure is to hope up with this environment. It is essential to have knowledge on some of the Multiple Intelligences such as Interpersonal, intrapersonal, verbal –linguistics. This paper has been made an attempt to know the intelligence among the younger professionals in the filed of Library and Information Science who is undergoing Library Science.
Role of Knowle dge Managers in the Knowledge Management
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Rathod, Meeta
Libraries or Information Centres are the hubs in which knowledge is a major resource and the performances of these knowledge in terms of adding and delivering value to their users depend upon their ability and effectiveness in generating , organizing, manging, and using this knowledge. As knowledge is continuously changing, it is necessary to dedicate and maintain a group of people to continuously update and maintain the knowledge repositories as well as validate the knowledge in the repositories. The system for managing this knowledge is known as Knowledge Management System and the person who manages this knowledge is better known as Knowledge Manager. The paper tries to describe briefly knowledge management ,tools of knowledge management and thereafter illustrates the essential characteristics required in the Knowledge Manager.
Role of Storage Devises in Digital Library Environment
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Raval, C. N.; Dalwadi, Mahesh
In this present paper, the latest technology deal with the digital library and the role of storage devices in digital library with spend emphasis on CD ROM. Also describe the features of external storage models.
Sharing E-journals in Consortia Environment : Development in Digital Era
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Mudhol, Mahesh V; N., Vasanth
Due to the increase in cost of e journals, the library professionals have initiated the sharing resources in cooperative acquisitions, document delivery and inter library loans. The paper highlights the importance of library consortia in this digital era stating its salient features and pricing models. This paper also discusses about the FORSA and INDEST Consortium.
Web-Based Library Services
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Bhatnagar, Anjana
The emergence of the World Wide Web (WWW) and Internet as a new media of information storage and delivery provide an unparalleled media for delivery of information with greater speed and economy. The web technology and Internet has changed the way of information is stored, retrieved and communicated in the libraries. As more libraries move towards providing their services in a digital environment, the improved access to remote library collections is making the use of electronic information resources more realistic and more attractive. The paper explores what are web based services, why it is necessary and why it is so popular among users, with their advantages and disadvantages. Different web based resources have been highlighted. Future and conclusion have also discussed in the last.
XML and Its Applica tion In Information System: A Case Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Das, Biswajit; Das, Rajesh; Kar, Subhendu; Chatterjee, Swarnali
This paper mainly discusses about the information retrieval from the web resources using XML. Also, discusses that how to control the bibliographic data on Internet. XML allows the creating of user-defined tagset or standard structured tagset, apart form HTML system defined tagset for structured information on the Internet. It helps in a library to indexing on web services, import – export on web from database or database to web.
Training and Support to Users/Staff for Optimum Use of Library Resources : A Case of Centre On Rural Documentation (CORD)
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Devi, T. Rama
The great libraries of the future are not those with great collections but those with great staff, knowledge must be rediscovered in the library before it is used (Lowry, 1991). The trained and dedicated librarian would act as an intermediary in this rediscovery process. The paper highlights the efforts made by CORD, NIRD to identify the information needs of the users, barriers in accessing information, best practices for effective use of information etc were discussed in an open form consisting of working librarians, faculty, experts, library staff etc. to find solutions for the optimum use of Library Resources. Further emphasised the importance of training for the staff/users to serve the user community by using latest technologies, in the similar lines the users also get trained to tap the resources available internally and Globally. For this purpose CORD is conducting three training programmes in an year for the staff and three for the users in this direction.
Usage of Electronic Journals Under UGC Infonet E-Journal Consortium in North Eastern University Libraries
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Chand, Prem; Murthy, T A V; Chandel, A S
The rapid development of the Internet during the 1990s has opened up a new possibility where traditional print journals are being replaced by, or at least supplemented by, the electronic journals. Low library budget and increasing cost of subscription are some of the important factors for shift from print media to electronic one This paper discusses the role of UGC-Infonet in promotion of E-journals in the country through E-journal consortium. Highlights that the usage of E-journals is much below the expected target by the Universities of North East which have been given access to E-journals. This has been supported by usage statistics by these five universities.
Building A Digital Library
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Seshaiah, O.
The idea of converting library materials into digital format for creating digital collections has advanced rapidly in the last few years, thus leading to the concept of a digital library. A digital library is a library that contains materials in digitized form or access to internal or external digital resources. Digital information resources include not only rapidly growing collection of electronic full text resources, but also images, video, sound, and even objects of virtual reality. The most important component of a digital library is digital collection it holds or has access to. A digital library can have a wide range of resources. A digital library is not a single entity although it may have digital contents created in-hourse or acquired in digital formats stored locally on servers. A digital library may also act a portal site providing access to digital collections held elsewhere. The digital imaging technology offers a number of choices that can be adopted to translate from print to digital. Digital conversion process includes Document, Data Capture, Data Processing, Storage, Indexing and retrieval. Dublin Core standard is adopted internationally to create Meta data of digital resources. The advent of the Internet acted as catalyst for Digital Library initiatives. Digital library environment is the context of rapidly charging computer and communication technology. This paper explains digitization methods, process of digitization and tools required for digitization.
25 Years of Electronic Resources Collection Development at the University of Salford: Some Issues and Challenges
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Sandhu, Gurdish; Sale, Anna
The information landscape is changing rapidly; the reasons for these changes are discussed. The paper outlines the acquisition of electronic resources at Salford University along with the chronological history and expenditure as a percentage of the overall learning resources budget. Past, present and future developments for providing access to expanding e-resources collections are discussed. The paper further discusses the implications for managing e-resources
Designing A Digital Library with Bengali Language Support Using Unicode
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Das, Rajesh; Das, Biswaji; Kar, Subhendu; Chatterjee, Swarnali
Unicode is a 32-bit code for character representation in a computer. It is described that how to use Unicode in digital library to build a Institutional Repository. Unicode Consortium develops Unicode. It is very helpful that creation of multilingual language database.
Application of Infoarmation Technology In Special Libraries of Manipur: A Case Study
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Devi, Arambam Hileima; Devi, Th. Purnima
The paper highlights the problem of IT (Information Technology) in six (6) selected special libraries in Manipur. The main problems of application of IT in these special libraries were the lack of fund. The state Government is not in a position to provide adequate funds for automating these special libraries. The authors also discusses about the requisite of IT to improve the condition of the special libraries of Manipur state. It also mentioned the problems of IT application and also suggested some solutions to overcome the problems.
Needs for Digitization of Library : Technology & Supporting Format
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Bhalekar, Dipak Krushnarao; Deshmukh, Prashant P.
Digital conversion of Library materials has advanced rapidly in past few years. Digitization is one of the hot topics in librarianship today. To build a “Digital Library” requires that the content of a collection be available electronically. The rhetoric of the information highway has provided the impetus to convert many existing paper-based (or sound and video) collections into new digital media. Digitization of all categories of materials is now possible with the advances in digital technology. The assumption is that digital collections will be more accessible to a broader range of users, presumable through networking technologies, and that there are new efficiencies to be gained in resource-sharing and for preservation. The topic discuss the concept of Digital library, Component, Technology, Functions and Supporting Format of Digital Library.
Managing and Handling Electronic Journals : Some Issues
(INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Bist, Rajender Singh
Libraries are moving rapidly towards the electronic method of storage and retrieval. Electronic journals are being added to the Library collections at exponential rates. Today ejournals offer flexibility and recent developments have enhanced the visibility of these by integrating all journal titles in any format. Individual libraries today are facing issues to make these e-journals accessible to users and consortia based subscriptions to e-journals has developed as a viable solution for increased access, with some cost savings. This calls for handling and management of e-journal subscriptions. This paper outlines some of the processes of handling and managing e-journals in individual libraries as well as Consortium.

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