Browsing CALIBER 2005:Kochi by Title
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Ahuja, J P S; Rawtani, M R (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The article attempts to describe the concept of Agribusiness and the role of mapping the appropriate knowledge for Agribusiness Development. Also listed are some of the important digital information sources in Agribusiness with a special reference to the India specific resources. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1540 Files in this item: 1
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Shrivastava, Mridulata; Ingle, Chitra (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Now a days, people responsible for organization and dissemination of informations are steadily switching over from traditional means to electronic tools of documentation system. In this connection the developments in electronic technology, digital libraries have come in vogue to help and support the librarians and users. Digital libraries collect, store, organize and disseminate the information in digital format. This paper explains that how the digitization can help in providing accurate information timely and save time of users and space for data storage, i.e. the data and information specially required by the scientists and research scholars. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1587 Files in this item: 1
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Naik, Umesha; Shivalingaiah, D (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Open source software (OSS) is popular with technically sophisticated users, who are often also the software developers, and has not yet made a significant impact on the desktop of most users. OSS has much potential for libraries and information centres, and there are a number of projects, including Greenstone, DSpace and Ganesha, etc that demonstrates its viability in this context. OSS is becoming an increasingly popular software development method. This paper highlights what is an OSS, its features, software licensing, advantages and disadvantages. The paper also highlights the features, functions and use of three popular digital libraries software viz. Greenstone, DSpace and Ganesha. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1573 Files in this item: 1
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Paulraj, K; Kanthimathi, S; Balasubramanian, P (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The digital library presents an opportunity for the traditional library and the librarian. Libraries and librarians have significant expertise to offer the creators of digital libraries, for example, skills in organising information.Traditional libraries will not be replaced by digital libraries, certainly not in the near future, and probably never. The reality will be hybrid libraries, with librarians needing to be able to operate in two environments: the first, physical libraries and physical collections; and the second, digital information resources. The goal will be to satisfy the information needs of the user community, regardless of whether the information needed is available in digital form or physical formats. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1555 Files in this item: 1
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Vikas, Om (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Our information and knowledge environment has been and continues to be changed by the development of the Internet and ubiquitous communication technologies. Information and knowledge are replacing capital and energy as the primary wealth-creating assets, just as the latter two replaced land and labor many years ago. In addition, technological developments in the 20th century have transformed the majority of wealth-creating work from physically-based to “knowledge-based.” Technology and knowledge are now the key factors in development of economy of the country. With increased mobility of information and the global work force, knowledge and expertise can be transported instantaneously around the world. We are now an information society in a knowledge economy where knowledge management is essential. The paper presents an overview of the role of digital libraries in the knowledge economy, its prospects and issues. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1534 Files in this item: 1
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Lapp, Erda (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The presentation demonstrates cooperative approaches in the field of digital library development in Germany from the perspective of Bochum University Library. It demonstrates the integrated OPAC, the regional union catalog, a search engine for national/international catalog resources, solutions for accessing international periodicals titles in printed and in electronic form, a database of databases, a regional digital library and further relevant national initiatives. The paper argues for teaching information competence, for integrating e-learning and e-publishing into the library’s information architecture and for international cooperation to further enhance information products and services. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1572 Files in this item: 1
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Rathinasabapathy, G (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Building of Digital Library largely depends on the nature of content and quality of digital resources. The digital library resources include electronic journals, electronic books, fulltext CD-ROM databases, etc. In research and academic institutions, theses, dissertations and research reports play a vital role as primary sources of information since they contain information of research value. Therefore, most of the research scholars refer to these documents regularly. To ensure easy and wider access to these documents, a digital library of theses and dissertations has been established in Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and connected with the Intranet of the university. The digital library provides access to the constituent units of the university including remote colleges. This paper discusses in brief about the establishment of the digital library of theses and dissertations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1563 Files in this item: 1
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Kuffalikar, Chitra Rekha; Rajyalakshmi, D. (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The paper stresses the importance of Area Studies by visualizing the digital technology as a strong effective tool for Digital mapping. It emphasis the importance of rare documentary sources related to Area studies with special emphasis on the ‘Area research on Nagpur’. The article highlights the Digital mapping projects at various levels and gives a bird’s eye view of the work being carried out at the local level. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1512 Files in this item: 1
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Kumar, S; Shah, Mukesh Kumar; Shah, Leena (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Digitization is also an outcome of development of technologies. The distinct form of art and culture requires preservation for the study of mankind and its progress. Paper stresses need to capture them in digitized form for future interest of the researchers. It will also give an account of art and architecture and sculpture of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh (India). It had one of the ancient civilizations in India and World. History of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh (India) dates to prehistoric period. The archeological excavation and heritage structures of Malwa are of no less importance than any other part of India. Much is being done on digitization of manuscripts but very little is thought of these valuable heritage structures lying unprotected and open. Digitization of cultural heritage will be best preservation for future generations’ .The paper suggest for 3 dimensional picturization of these heritages and preserve in digital form. It also suggests for hardware, software and human ware requirements for such work and gives a plan and provides few beautiful slides. A practical LCD projection of digitized heritage site is also prepared. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1548 Files in this item: 1
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Ramana, Y V (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper presents a brief over view of Digital Preservation, Digitization of manuscripts and preservation techniques which are currently in use in India. The role of the National Library of India in Digital Preservation of Indian Manuscripts is highlighted. It also deals with the Manuscript Resource Centers and Manuscript Conservation Centers of India. The requirements of Digital Preservation are presented in this paper. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1550 Files in this item: 1
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Devi, B Mini (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The introduction of digital libraries is changing not only the face but whole body of the libraries around the world. In a global village the concept of digital library is of great importance. Hence the process of digitization. The author discusses the steps involved in the process of digitization, types of materials to be digitized and the problems that the libraries are facing on this respect. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1541 Files in this item: 1
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Singh, U N; Majumdar, Kamalendu (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: In present scenario publishers of freely available electronic journals have the potential for positively transforming the highly problematic economics of scholarly publishing. But actual use of electronic scholarly publications shows that they present serious utilization barriers to would-be readers. Practical awareness, indexing, and archiving in this new literature can overcome these barriers and is essential if such promising publications are to transform scholarly communication. DLIST (Digital Library for Information Science and Technology) can meet these needs by integrating electronic publications into existing information systems. Thus disintermediation of the scholarly publishing process will help the clientele of the low budget library in all respects. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1521 Files in this item: 1
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Chaudhuri, Anirban Ray; Singh, Debnath; Nasipuri, Mita; Basu, Dipak Kumar (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: The transformation of a scanned paper document into an editable form suitable for further processing such as desktop publishing or archiving in a digital library is a complex process. It requires solutions to several problems – document analysis by acquiring knowledge of document layout by a Page Layout Analyzer (PLA), followed by document recognition, which mainly comprises text recognition by Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Besides these two, another important problem is document reconstruction by transforming content into an electronically editable format by keeping the original layout intact. Core OCR modules exist on different Indian scripts, but no such document reconstruction system is available for Indian scripts. The document reconstruction system reported in this paper is the first of its kind on Indian scripts and it addresses document reconstruction for Bengali document images. The system makes use of the knowledge of both document layout extracted by a PLA in a graphical user interface (GUI) and the results of text recognition steps performed by OCR for transformation of paper documents into Rich Text Format. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/495 Files in this item: 1
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Chelatayakkot, Veerankutty; Jalaja, V (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Since the advent of Unicode, electronic representation of regional language script is not as issue. However, transliteration is inevitable in a database designed to meet the needs of people who does not know that language. By transliteration, a unique name in one language or culture may have variant spelling in another language. The cataloguer maintainsname authority file to solve this problem. This article analyse the optionsfor retrieving transliterated Arabic names in major OPACs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1546 Files in this item: 1
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Gupta, Indranil Das; Nessa, Najmun (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: This article looks into the unique nature of challenges and opportunities facing the Free and Opensource (F/OSS) based software localizers’ community when it comes to enabling support for Unicode-based Indic Scripts in the domain of Library and Information Science (LIS). It describes the early background of Indian language support in LIS domain in terms of technology used, and moves into the present-day scenario of Unicode and Open standard based method of universal archival and access to information repositories that modern libraries represent with their multi-media capabilities. Unicode addresses many of the problems that had plagued earlier systems which had little or no capabilities in terms of universal accessibility, it also brings its own set of problems that demand solutions – e.g. the issue of collation sequences which assume significance when looked at from the perspective of indexed search capabilities in library software. While Opensource provides an open, pro-active, collaborative platform for rapid development, it still has to answer for issues like availability of extensive Opentype fonts, collation sequences, less-than desired quality of rendering by Indic script layout engines, as well as varying levels of maturity of software components that make up the technology stack on which Indic Support enabled Library Information Systems can and are being developed. The authors will try to seek answers to these practical questions by looking into their localization experiences with Koha – the world’s first Opensource library software into Bengali (this work is being followed by Hindi localization). Inputs will also include the experiences of the team from ISI, Kolkata which is working on localizing Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) into Bengali. The article will draw upon the experiences of F/OSS Indic Localizers’ community to see whether cross-pollination of ideas can lead us towards the goal of bridging the Digital Divide. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/506 Files in this item: 1
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Bhaskaran, R (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper presents a Novel Scheme for improved Information Retrieval. The Proposed concept of this paper “FRIEND AGENT” is to enhance the need for Effective Information Retrieval. It helps in gathering the required information Independent of the location. Friend Agent offers Network Bandwidth Consumptions, Optimal routing, Security, Effective Data Transfer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1554 Files in this item: 1
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Jange, Suresh; Sherikar, Amruth; Gaddagimath, R B; Policegoudar, S B (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Information and communication technology is transforming the society, education, business and the economy. The Library managers must understand these changes in order to position their organizations to flourish in the networked environment to provide effective information services to the users. In the Local Area Network(LAN) world, an attempt has been made to describe the network establishment in Gulbarga University Library and their experiences to enhance the techno-based services to the users. Besides, network architecture with optical fiber, hardware and software requirements for the effective implementation of LAN in the library are explained in detail. Further explores steps taken to establish CD-ROM databases; Internet Lab in accessing electronic resources under UGC Infonet, status of DBMS, library web page and Institutional productivity. Future plan for establishment of Learning Resource Centre, Provision of video camera, retrospective bar coding of collections and touch screen in the library are highlighted. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1559 Files in this item: 1
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Unknown author (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: An attempt has been made to determine the present status of familiarity and use of Digital resources. It was felt that use of digital resources is still poor among the medical students of the Universities in the developing countries. This paper presents survey to investigate the familiarity and use of Digital resources by students through online and offline Information Databases of the Central Library, “Central Library Books & Journals Database (CLBJD), and the CD-ROMs databases available in the academic libraries (MUI). The subjects of this study were the students of the Isfahan Medical University. For evaluating study questions and data collection, the questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 250 students. The result of this survey are presented and discussed in the paper. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1579 Files in this item: 1
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Deepak P; Parameswaran, Sandeep (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: With web search getting to be more and more popular, and predictions that they would be even more popular in the coming years, given the exorbitant growth of the web in recent years, search engines, in their quest to be branded the best, have regularly been providing additional features. The users of web search interfaces are typically diverse and have wide ranging interests. This is in contrast to other application interfaces which cater to a specialized group of people. In this study, we examine the influence the interface manifestation of such features has, in their usability and effectiveness. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1542 Files in this item: 1
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Dube, Sonia; Patel, Yatrik; Murthy, T A V (INFLIBNET Centre, February 2, 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: Concept of Globalization of Software can be boom to advancement of projects related to Digital libraries and associated software. Much need is felt in the Indian context where support is to be provided for many languages to take care of diversified regional requirements and complexity of INDIC script. In this paper we have presented an approach and Implementation for creating Globalized software using UNICODE based Multilingual approach. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1944/505 Files in this item: 1
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