Jointly organised by
Information and Library Network Centre, Ahmedabad
Department of Library & Information Science,
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar -751 004
Browse
Browsing CALIBER 1998 : Bhubaneswar by Subject "Bibliographic Databases"
The availability of new technologies, high speed processing, improved disk
space to store large volume of data at a lower price encouraged the growth
of variety of publications in machine readable forms i.e. the electronic
publications. The author discusses the types and selection of such publications
available on floppy diskette, CD-ROMs. portable hard disks. Major types of
electronic publications useful to academic and research libraries are:
databases; educational softwares; electronic textbooks, reference tools,
knowledgebases, multimedia, clinical decision aids and practice management
softwares, full texts (journals) and computer literacy and productivity
softwares. The softwares can be public domain softwares, sharewares and
commercially produced softwares. Selection criteria of softwares along with
the names of software selection tools and sources are provided. Preparation
of software for use i.e. testing and installation, shelving I storing, use
instructions. technical processing and security are discussed. The author hopes
that India can be one of the major producers and exporters of electronic
publications in the world.
We collect and process your personal information for the following purposes: Authentication, Preferences, Acknowledgement and Statistics. To learn more, please read our privacy policy.