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The accreditation process changes the libraries status in colleges; accreditation council givesweightage to libraries so every college gives maximum weightage to libraries. The advantagesare library get space, funds & IT infrastructure to provide services. Users are attracted towardslibraries for that the accreditation council also suggested some best practices which increases theuse of library...

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Academic libraries worldwide have witnessed a number of trends and paradigm shifts over the last decade. It is vital for university libraries to develop a collection of high standards to satisfy academics and researchers for supporting the vision and mission of a university. The area of collection development and management is the most important part of any library. This paper reports on the pr...

Public libraries are inclusive institutions created for everyone to equally and freely access information for educational, social and cultural development; indeed that is the essence of inclusion. However, this is not true because defining and identifying user inclusion is a difficult task due to the wide range of factors that cause potential users exclusion from using public libraries. This is...

Law researchers often involve in various complex tasks of drafting, counseling and advocacy and experience considerable problems in satisfying the information need. The timely access of accurate information required is a major factor of performance as a researcher. Librarians understanding with researcher’s subject practices are vital element for supporting scholarly resear...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the use of Information Technology in engineering college libraries in Rayalaseema area of Andhra Pradesh in India. Engineering college libraries are facing a piquant situation and unforeseen challenges in this age of Information Technology. IT has brought in sweeping changes in the traditional way of libraries are functioning. Engineering colleg...

Information activities are influenced by the technological innovations. Application of Information and Communication Technology in libraries is inevitable due to overproduction of information and library users also demand for new services. At this point of time, it is significant to use mobile technology in library and information centers. Due to the availability of mobile phones with everyone ...

Indian libraries have witnessed a transformation during the past two decades. The paradigm shift has been driven by Information Technology enabled services and machine learning. New services have been introduced in the area of remote access, 24x7 access, use of Web 2.0 for interaction and feedback and all these make the library use more convenient and enriching. Many new products like digitized...

CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is inevitable in a competitive business world. The customer is a king in the service sector and any failures to understand his/her demand would shake the sustainability in the market. The purpose of the paper is to understand the application of CRM in libraries and why librarian should implement the marketing concept of CRM in the library. Library automati...

With the vision of mounting global interoperability of library data on the Web, bringing together people involved in Semantic Web activities to focus on Linked data in the library community, building on existing initiatives, and identifying collaboration tracks for the future, has tempted library professionals to think way beyond traditional methods of resource discovery and user accessibility....

The main aim of this paper is to establish the cultural challenges of automating academic libraries in Tanzania. It is evident that many libraries, especially in the developed countries are using automated libraries to retrieve data, hence save space, time and increase efficiency in their daily activities. While there are some automated libraries such as that of the University of Dar es salaam,...

Now a day’s libraries have deployed the ICT facilities, along with high speed internet connectivity, photo- copiers, and soft copy drop facilities via USB drives, DVD R-W, micro SD drives, fax, scanners and computers. When all such facilities are backed by Government aids, the support of a trained librarian having very right orientation and attitude becomes very important. The organizational in...

The emergence of ICT has made communication process dynamic and interaction across boundaries is now possible, fast and reliable. Libraries and information centers should now adopt these technologies to provide services to their patrons by using mobile phones, cellular networks, cable television and internet. In library scenario, the needs of users are always dynamic and to satisfy diverse need...

The Central Library at IIT Kharagpur is continuously exploring new IT tools and techniques for better information organization and services. The entire collection details (OPAC) are computerized and can be accessed from the Campus LANIERNET WANl Internet IWWW. The OPAC menu also keeps the Institute users informed about other details like campus academic activities, continuing education program...

With the advent of scientific and technological communication changers are being brought about by the Internet through global connectivity of computers and development of toosl and techniques for information storage and access. Discusses the needs of Internet based information systems and services to Univesity Library. Functional processes have been discussed so as to facilitate in understandin...

Describes the details of installation and utilization of Internet services in CHMK Library, University of Calicut, the first university library in Kerala to get Internet connection through VSAT. Aspects like connectivity, funding, hardware and software’s, use made by the academic community and future programmes of the Internet Centre are discussed.

Change is inevitable. But to say in the race, you need to know/acquire the skills to master/manage the change. For a successful tomorrow, we have to think about the future today. Because of technological advances, the pace of change. will accelerate astronomically. Regardless of age and technical expertise Library Information Science Professionals must tune themselves to the latest technologies...