Sinha, Manoj Kumar(INFLIBNET Center, November NaN, 2004)
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Abstract:
This paper describes about the usefulness and advantage of Internet in day-to-day life,
impact of Internet on the library and information services etc. and explains the aims and
objectives of the present survey on the usage of Internet in Barak Valley, methodology
used etc. The author highlights the use of Internet in this region is in nascent stage and it
has become important to make people of this valley aware for the use of Internet and
regarding its potential for having enormous resources of information which can be search
instantly provided the minimum facility for Internet access is available. The survey results
also reveals the users communities of different strata, use of Internet from personal
connectivity or from Internet café or office, or academic institutions, types of connectivity for
Internet account subscription, place and time for Internet search, time slot for Internet
connectivity, use of Internet tools and services, mostly used search engines for Internet
access, use of browsers for Internet search, rate of Internet access from Internet café etc.
Besides above aspects, the final part of the paper describes the role of Internet in library
and information services, problems of getting Internet connectivity, and some suggestions
for making people aware for the use of Internet and popularise the use of Internet among
the users communities by arranging short term training programme by Computer
Institutions, Regional Engineering College(REC), Assam University and other private
Institutions