Rao, k Tata; Ramaiah, L S; Raju, P Soma(INFLIBNET Centre, February 20, 1999)
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In an era of exploding information, the 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 discusses the advantages of the 'Internet' and its impact upon Academic Libraries. The practical application of email, Internet and other Electronic Media has been dealt in brief. Need of the use of Computers in Libraries has been stressed
Pradeep, C; Ganesan, P; Reddy, E Rama(INFLIBNET Centre, February 20, 1999)
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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. The technology available today can cause far more opportunities and change what you have experienced. In such a dynamic information technology field the Library Information Science Professionals should gear-up themselves to meet the new but interesting challenges. In this article we try to discuss the role of the funding bodies, parent organization, libraries, library information science professionals and the user communities in the context of rapidly changing Information Technology.