PLANNER 2005

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    Evolution of Technology in Brief -Internet Technology –Its Use in Academic Libraries Central Library, SSSIHL- An Example
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Rao, K. Tata; Sastry, M. S. V. Rama; Reddy, S. Chenna
    In an era of exploding information library professionals in Academic Libraries have a key role to play. They have to identify the shift in the paradigm and gear up to meet the new challenges by adopting Super Highway Technology Like the ‘Internet’. This Paper Discuss the advantages of the ‘Internet’ and its impact upon Academic Libraries. The Practical application of e-mail, Internet and Other Electronic Media has been dealt in brief. Need of the use of Computers in Libraries has been stressed.
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    Risk Management: It’s Implications for Library and Information Centres
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Natarajan, M.
    The development and dissemination of information in various forms and media on a local, national and international level has envisaged the librarians to be advocative in all means of information service provided from their libraries. Higher education is experiencing a dramatic influx with a new generation of faculty with different sources of information. This article deals with the definition of risk management and identification of the various areas of risks in library environment. The applications of risk management in libraries start from the collection development, through publishers / vendors for different types of documents. The different types of risk include:  Assessing the organization  Collection management  Access rights by the users  Scholarly communication  Risks associated with the migration  Consortia  Staff training and recruitment  Preservation  Use of technology by the students, faculty and library staff. The strategies for managing the risks are explained for the following:  By having discussions, group meetings, etc, the information requirements of users, faculty and students can be found;  Communicating with other agencies like library schools, professional associations for finding out the latest syllabus, in order to develop the content accordingly.  Detailed discussion with publishers / vendors for collection management covering all aspects of the future needs /demands / changes;  For collecting the resources from external sources, resource sharing and access to the databases along with Internet;  Consortium approach for collection development, content management, information services and preservation;  Hiring staff with competitive skills and also develop skills for the existing staff, by providing in-house training; and  Preservation aspect could be resolved by consortia approach by discussing the formats, storage medium, software availability, upgradation of hardware, etc. The author concluded that the library professionals should take all precautions of risk management and provides risk free managerial services to the users on time.
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    Role of E-Journals Consortium in 21st Century
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2005-11-10) Prakash, A Jaya
    Libraries play a very important role in this fast changing e-environment of publishing. Their role includes identification of selection of information, its organization of management, storage retrieval and dissemination to right users at the right time at right place at right price and in right format. The goal of any academic libraries is to meet the teaching, research and other information needs of the user. The proliferation of the literature on all the subjects, price of journals hike in currency conversion rate and the budget crunch made the libraries depend upon each other. This leads to library co-operation, resource sharing and networks etc. At present the online databases, E-journals facilitate formation of the consortia at resource sharing among the libraries. Consortia prove to be one of the major solutions to the existing problems of budget crunches among the libraries and information centers. The advent of E-publishing has brought a revolution in journal publication, subscription and access delivery mechanism. The paper discuses the necessisity increasing the information resources in electronic form to meet the current demand of academic libraries and institutions at affordable cost and also discuses need and importance of E-journal consortium and resource sharing among libraries and information centers.