Browsing by Author "Sampath Kumar, B T"

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    Application of Mobile Technology in Library Services: A Review
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2013-03-23) Sampath Kumar, B T; Vinay Kumar, D; Prithviraj, K R
    Information activities are influenced by the technological innovations. Application of Information and Communication Technology in libraries is inevitable due to overproduction of information and library users also demand for new services. At this point of time, it is significant to use mobile technology in library and information centers. Due to the availability of mobile phones with everyone and the ease of reach, it has become a significant technology that a library can use. This paper reviews on the services offered by the libraries in which the mobile phones can be used effectively.
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    Consortia Approach for Content Sharing: A strategy
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2003-02) Biradar, B S; Sampath Kumar, B T
    Indian Libraries are facing the problems to meet the user(s) requirements. It may be due to exponential growth in literature, price escalation, budget restrictions etc. In turn the number of books/journals purchased by libraries have gone down. This demands the library professionals to think of alternative ways and mechanism to fulfill the users needs within the available budget. In recent past consortia receiving lot of attention from the information producing and managing community to face the unending fiscal constraints. This paper illustrates what is consortium, why consortia approach? How consortia approach? And lastly paper discuss the benefits of consortia approach.