CALIBER 2004:New Delhi

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LIS Perspective of Web-Content Management : An Overview
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Gokhale, Pratibha A; Date, Dhanashree A
Content management technologies have been existing to cater to needs like records management and document management. Inclusion of Web-content in library repositories has necessitated current technological tools to be redesigned. A new content management technology focussing on the management of web-content is seen in the light of LIS. For the present paper, the phases of WCM implementation are factually checked against the findings of a pilot survey conducted for select 15 libraries of Mumbai. Survey findings indicate a definite shift in the activities of handling content. WCM features are juxtaposed against these activities to highlight the WCM benefits. Considering the expenses involved, the article suggests on exploring the Open Source Systems by testing the online demos available.
Application of Information Technology in the Educational Media Libraries of Delhi
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Ali, Amjad
Media libraries hold collections of print, celluloid and digital media. They are emerging as a result of advancements in information technology. This study is an attempt to assess the current state of IT application in the media libraries of Delhi being headquarter of about all educational media organizations and their networks of the country. An assessment is made on the basis of the availability of computer hardware, software, operating system, databases of holdings and online connectivity. It reveals that most of the libraries do not follow uniform standards for management and utilization of their collections. It is suggested to develop IT infrastructure for them in a phased manner by procurement of hardware, software, training of personnel and achieving online connectivity.
State of Digital Archival Repository System : A Critical Appraisal
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Mahapatra, R K; Panda, K C
Archives are repositories of public records that give emphasis on long term preservation, access and use of information contained in essential records of national importance. With the changing scenario of information and communication technologies, the concept of digital method of preservation has been accepted by archives, libraries and museums. Digital archiving system is an attempt to develop an environment in which information in digital form are collected, preserved/stored and managed as an institutional assets. Latest technological developments have facilitated to preserve the archival documents in electronic form for posterity. Digital archival system can also provide services such as acquisition, organization and dissemination of archival records for research, training and administrative uses. The concept of intellectual property rights and security issues are more seen in the electronic era where digital archiving is being practiced. The paper has discussed the above facets in detail with the problems and effective measures of digital archiving.
Interoperability and Interconnectivity Issues in Multiple Information System : A Special Reference to Z39.50
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Chatterjee, Kousik; Chandra, Joydip
Information retrieval in digital era especially due to non-compatibility between different systems, disparity of interfaces may lead loss of information in information dissemination and affect the precision. Paper emphasized needs of standards to solve interoperability, interconnection issues that adversely affect the success of an Information Retrieval System. ANSI/NISO Z39.50 discussed elaborately with its application, usage, implementation, its relationship with TCP/IP, as well as Information Retrieval, user interface etc that were proved to be essential for successful Information Retrieval System.
Distributed Database Management Systems for Information Management and Access
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Geetha, N
Libraries play an important role in the academic world by providing access to world-class information resources and services. The explosive growth of Information Technology has paved way to unprecedented phenomenon of access to information. The evolving developments of the recent decades in information access and management have resulted in a situation where information is stored and managed by a large variety of systems around the world. The growing requirements for information support to the globalised socio-economic forces makes efficient and effective availability of distributed information and correlation of relevant data to the user need. Databases and database systems have become essential components of everyday life in our modern society. In our daily lives, most of us would engage in one activity or another that involves some interaction with a database. This paper discusses the technology used to access and manage the distributed information.
Use of E-Books in an Academic Environment : An Overview
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Pattar, Vijay D; Bidi, Ramesh I
This paper highlights the power that electronic books provide to traditional libraries for effective use their resources to their clients by improving the quality of their collections and access, while saving on the expense of maintaining paper-based books. Presents comprehensive definition of e-book and its types. Elaborates the genesis of e-books. Identifies the pros and cons. Discusses the use of e-books in an academic environment. Provides some e-book reader software and hardware. Also briefly discusses about digital right management system of e-books. In concision one may say that Academic Libraries should embrace the opportunities offered by electronic books to keep up with the ever-changing climate and the day is not for off when the paper book will become a relic of the past.
Knowledge Management : An Untold need of Tomorrow’s World
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Kumar, P V Raj
This paper describes about the subjects that are relevant to the organization in the field of Knowledge Management, interacting with key users of a University Library. This paper highlights the concept and practice of Knowledge Management without jargons in context to the role of a digital librarian. This article gives a broad and rudimentary Knowledge Management framework, the processes and the benefits. It emphasizes the fact that the Knowledge Management caters to the critical issues of organizational adoption, survival and competence in face of increasingly discontinuous environmental change. Essentially it embodies organizational processes that seek synergistic combination of data and information processing capacity of information technologies, and the creative and innovative capacity of human beings. Further this article ploughs through the phenomenon of the fundamentality of Knowledge Management as to what this mean to library and information service professional.
Classification Model for Libraries in the Digital Environment
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Chudamani, K S
There is lot of research carried out about the models of classification suitable for libraries in digital environment. UDC, CC, DDC, LCC are used in libraries all over the world. People are using existing Classification models and automating them for use in the digital environment. Though this is a right step, one has to look at the operational requirements of the digital environment. Keeping this fact in view, this paper analyses the requirements of the digital environment and points out the adaptations required for the traditional schemes to suit the digital environment .
RFID Technology : A Revolution in Library Management
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Koneru, Indira
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology is proven to be a promising alternative in relieving the library staff from time-consuming routines. RFID is an innovative automated library system for automatic identification and tracking of library material. An automated library with the support of RFID technology would be a “Booksmart Library” and a “self service station” that insists least intervention by library personnel. RFID technology is helpful in taking inventory, finding missing items and identifying misfiled items. Tags or transponders, the vital components of RFID, are the electronic chips consisting of an integrated circuit and antenna coil that communicate with a reader by means of a radio frequency signal. Since RFID does not require ‘line-of-sight’ between the transponder and the reader, it surmounts the limitations of other automatic identification devices, such as bar coding. Smart labels/tags are designed for lasting to lifetime of the item they identify and also perform the EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) function to detect the thefts.
The Institutional Repositories : An Alternative Model for Scholarly Publishing
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Gaur, Ramesh C; Munshi, Usha Majoo; Murthy, T A V
Indian University Libraries are constantly grappling with the issue of cost inflation of library resources (cost of library materials have out spaced cost of living) coupled with resource explosion. Some alternate solutions may have emerged in form of rationalization of periodicals, resource sharing, site licences and now consortia. Importances of these concerns have been clearly defined in the main objectives of the INFLIBNET. However, the fundamental problem remains. The paper highlights how by using the Internet / Intranet revolution, this problem can be minimized. The focus of the paper is on developing Institutional Repositories - one of the prime issues that is of utmost importance keeping in view multifaceted factors (information explosion; cost inflation and ICT) that have had immense impact on the existing research cycle. The issues concerning public / open access to scholarly articles in form of Institutional Repositories (IR) are also discussed here in this paper.
Wireless Wi-Fi Library Networks
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Gonsai, Atul M; Soni, Nilesh N
Wireless connectivity is the preferred connectivity in computer networks. It involves connecting laptops, mobile libraries and even bridges to computer networks, without physical wire connections. Wireless connectivity means that individuals can potentially access the Internet, CD-ROM networks and office networks from anywhere and at any time. The lack of a physical connection means that users are able to roam or work wherever they wish and still have access to the computer network. This paper highlights the key elements in wireless connectivity and its potential for deployment in network of libraries.
Digitization of Photographs
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Deshpande, N J; Panage, B M
Developing preservation strategies for photographic materials require specific expertise on storage, environment, package materials and conservation treatments. Many digitization projects for photographs grew out of project primarily dealing with text. Digitization of photographs:- Obviously digitization is considered to be very attractive by institutions that hold photographic collections. When digital copies are available, users can browse through a collection without handling fragile materials. Creating an adequate digital representation of a (historical) photograph requires expert knowledge of imaging techniques as well as photographic processes. The present paper describes in detail the methods and procedures adopted by The ‘Collage’-project, The Public Record Office Library, Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), The British Library (UK) and Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt for conservation of their photographic collection. It also highlights the unique properties of photographs and narrates the care to be taken before digitizing this material.
Knowledge Management and its Utilisation : an Overview
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Bhattacharya, Partha; Chaudhury, Pravin Kumar
The paper has tried to cover different aspects of Knowledge Management(KM) and its applications. The relevance of KM for organizations finds mention in this paper. The paper states that KM is a cross-disciplinary domain. Value of knowledge for an organization is described in detail. The importance of Librarians and Information professionals in managing the KM of organizations is described. Knowledge creation and knowledge sharing is described. The challenges facing KM is mentioned. The paper has profiled the different types of knowledge management initiatives with examples.
An Analytical Study of Electronic Sources and Services Provided to Users With Special Reference to Research Scholars of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Library, Nagpur
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Choukhande, Vaishali; Dongre, Sandesh M
Electronic sources play a vital and viable role to cater to the needs of research scholars in the process of advancement of society in present environment. The prime function of any library is to provide efficient services to its users. This paper describes an analytical study of electronic sources and services provided to users with special reference to research scholars of VNIT library, Nagpur. The objective of this article is to study the different factors such as information, sources, services, adequate collection, various channels of information and the constraints faced by the research scholars in using or searching information through electronic sources.. The author adopted questionnaire survey and statistical analysis of data by applying simple percentage and chi-square test. The finding of the study is that research scholars access information through various electronic sources and services to keep pace with the developments taking place in the scientific world.
Web Ontology to Facilitate Semantic Web
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Singh, Prachi
Today most of the functions that we perform on Internet, like- searching, retrieving, interpreting, analyzing, tracking records, etc. depend on the concept of semantic web. Development of semantic networks largely depends on ontologies. This article focuses on various aspects of Web Ontology and some real time examples to make explicit the use of ontology for development of semantic web.
Web Content Management with Subject Gateway
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Chandra, Joydip; Bhattacharya, Debabrata
Internet is one of the valuable and probably most used information resources for the present days. There is hardly any topic on which information is not available on Internet. But the problem with it is automated indexing and poor recall and precision of retrieval. Tough in some cases, search formation are not formulated properly, still the performance of Internet or website is not satisfactory. Here, an approach of building subject base Internet resources is discussed under the heading of subject gateway. It may be a better tool for retrieving subject information in comparison of popular search engines. Different sides of ‘subject gateways’ are discussed to manage the growing web resources. In conclusion the role of information professionals in this regard is discussed.
Does Level of Knowledge Impact Librarians’ Attitude Toward Information Technology (IT) Applications?
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Ramzan, Muhammad
The paper presents librarians’ attitudes toward information technology, their level of knowledge in IT, and their relationship with each other. Secondary data was collected through review of the relevant literature. Primary data was collected through a questionnaire survey of 244 librarians of libraries in Pakistan. The study revealed that awareness of the potential of IT, recency of attaining professional qualifications, and knowledge in IT had a significant relationship with librarians’ attitudes. The study also revealed that librarians’ level of knowledge in technology is a good predictor of their attitude toward application of information technology in libraries. Based on the findings, the paper puts forward recommendations to improve the librarians’ attitudes toward IT applications in Pakistan and other developing countries
Digitized Costume Cataloguing
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Parikh, Shreyasi
This paper describes the development of a catalogue of a digitized collection of costumes. By evaluating and analyzing the collection and evaluate how well existing metadata formats can be applied to a costume collection. The desired metadata elements shown here, selected from the existing Metadata elements and try to fit the Costume data into it. Further it can be researched by taking selected samples and actual metadata treatments to be created for these selected samples using (1) American Cataloguing Rules (AACR in) use with USMARC formats (2) the Dublin Core set of Elements , and (3) the Visual Resources Association (VRA) Core Categories for Visual Resources. Comparison and analysis of the formats will be resulted in the selection with additional metadata elements, if require.
Interoperability and Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Alexander, Martha Latika; Gautam, J N
Interoperability refers to the ability of a Digital Library to work cooperatively with other Digital Libraries in an attempt to provide higher quality services to users. There are many approaches to achieve some degree of interoperability and one such approach involves the creation and use of Open Archives. The OAI is an initiative to develop and promote interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content. The OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) provides an application-independent interoperability framework based on metadata harvesting. OAI-PMH enables automated distribution of any kind of metadata, which may be aggregated into searchable databases by “harvesting” systems. It has reached version 2.0, intended for stable, production services.
Sustenance of the Consortia Subscription to E Resources: Role of Metrics
(INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad, 2004-02) Vishwanath, M
With the forging and making operational consortia subscription of E resources, beginning with journals, by various Academic and Government R and D organizations in the country, there is an immediate need to formulate standard metrics for the analysis of the usage of such resources. In the subsequent phase the outcomes of the analysis can be co-related against various parameters to develop performance measures as relevant to the consortium members. These performance measures can then be used to benchmark against the ‘leaders’ and action item for improving the average usage across the consortium. Ultimately translating into a justifiable ROI – not necessarily in money terms. Unlike in the physical subscription, such measurements and analysis is an intrinsic benefit in E subscription and must be fully utilized. This paper will generally discuss the utility of metrics , prevailing practices of a few E content providers and lay down broad parameters to serve as a basis for evolving a standard set of E metrics.

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