Browsing by Author "Kumbar, Mallinath"

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    CONTENT SYNDICATION: A NEW SOLUTION TO THE OLD PROBLEM
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2006-02-02) Harinarayana, N.S; Kumbar, Mallinath; Sunil, M V
    The Paper discusses about content syndication and its application in Librariesnot only the storage but also the retrieval problems. Needless to say that computer technology overshadowed all the previous technologies.
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    ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES: A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TOWARDS INTRODUCING USERS
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2001-03) Kumbar, Mallinath; Rao, R V; Nargund, I N
    The progress in Information Technology and the emergence of Internet and its WWW has given a new face-lift to the information systems. The library collections with the tradition of its holdings are now added with the electronic information resources in various formats. The popularity and ease in use of WWW has lured most of the reputed publishers to host their products on Web. In this changing information environment, the role of information professionals is becoming crucial and challenging. It is becoming important to introduce users to maximum and optimum utilisation of electronic information resources. In this paper, the authors have highlighted the need and importance of user instruction services and suggested user instruction programmes for better utilisation of electronic information resources.
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    User Education in University Libraries
    (INFLIBNET Center, 1998-03-04) Kumbar, Mallinath; Biradar, B.S.
    User education is mainly concerned with providing guidance and instruction to the user in the proper use of library collection, individually or collectively, Difference between user education, orientation and initiation is mentioned and the need for user education in the libraries is emphasized. Objectives and methods of user education are provided. Though many institutions', universities and associations in India have organized seminars and conferences on the topic in the past, the necessary infrastructure and the innovation of suitable library instruction methods to suit the Indian conditions are yet to be developed. Therefore, it is the duty of the profession to develop such teaching aids which are suitable to meet the Indian requirements. It has become more urgent due to the heavy use of advanced technologies in libraries and information centers.