PLANNER-2012 Gangtok, Sikkim

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    Best Practices with NAAC in College Libraries of Nalbari District, Assam
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) Ahmed, Merina; Pal, Birender
    The twenty first century creates a new environment for education in general and higher education in particular. The progress of any country is strongly linked with the quality of education. However, with mushrooming of educational institutions in all parts of the country and several types of economic activities dominating the landscape, the issue of quality has now assumed a critical dimension. College libraries play an indispensable role in the dissemination of information of knowledge,they should be in a position to provide effective teaching learning information support to its user’s communities. Libraries are one of the important components of the assessment through which an impact on the accreditation of the institute is related. To meet the end user’s demands effectively, they need to identify and adopt good practices. NAAC has decided to identify the set of best practices in Library and Information Services, with the help of a few case presentations from few selected libraries of the accredited Universities and Colleges. This paper shows a clear picture about the developments of college libraries of Nalbari district(Assam) after NAAC’s evaluation. It gives the status of best practices followed by the surveyed libraries.
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    Digitisation Trend in Libraries of First Grade Colleges Affiliated to Davanagere University: A Study
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2012-03-03) N Kotresh
    The college libraries have to widen their system to incorporate the challenges and demands of digital environment by taking the following steps. 1) Developing the born digital collection 2) Digitalisation of existing collection of the college library 3) Development of virtual and interactive network services within the college campus 4) Develop usable, quality educational and cultural content for the user community and 5) Develop services both manual and electronic to ensure equal opportunities for lifelong learning. In view of this, there is a need to evaluate the college library motto towards user community to deal with the challenges of digitalisation and new technologies. Therefore, here is made an effort to know the current trends of digitalisation in Libraries of First Grade Colleges affiliated to Davanagere University. The study tries to identifies the taluk & district wise First Grade Colleges, available resources, qualification & experices of professionals working, prerequisets & components required, initiative steps taken to degitise, process of degitisation.
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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.