Browsing by Author "Rachna, Patnaik"

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    Role of Digital Libraries in Supporting E-Learning
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2017-08) Rachna, Patnaik
    In this era of web-enabled technologies, E-learning has emerged as a boon to building knowledge skills amongst learners. Libraries are repositories of knowledge and the tremendous growth in digital/electronic resources has forced library professionals to use various information technology tools to manage and render services. Learners need a single interface where they can find all resources and support for their learning. A digital library can function as an information gateway and link students to library catalogues, online resources, e-resources, digital resources and discussion forums. The paper presents the need and importance of e-learning, how e-resources are included and organised in digital libraries to provide seamless access to information resources in an e-learning environment. It discusses Space Applications Library e-learning platform and various services rendered to e-learners.
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    STUDY ON THE INTERCONNECTION AND INTEROPERABILITY OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
    (2001-03) Rachna, Patnaik
    The development of computer and network technology has led to great changes in the field of information science. With the development of World Wide Web technology, the distribution, searching and browsing of information has led to revolutionary changes. Digital libraries calls for resource sharing, which is a convenient way for managing and distributing information among users. Heterogeneous systems have to be interconnected so that the user community can have seamless/precise flow of information as per need. Also, future systems and services must be interoperable so that there is no potential loss of precision or data in the data exchange. This paper is an attempt to study interconnection and interoperability of information systems. Keeping in view the future users requirements, new technologies in the next generation information systems are also discussed. It is essential that in future networks must be interconnected, the service must be interoperable and information must be shared.