Electronic SDI : State of the Art at lIT, Kharagpur

Abstract

The evolution of computer based matching of context profiles of information with interest profiles of users has helped in the transformation of the traditional SDl service to an electronic form in the central library of lIT, Kharagpur. Electronic SDl was introduced in 1997. Based on the Current Contents On Diskette (CCOO) database on three of the major thrust areas i.e. i) physics, chemistry, earth science ii) engineering, computing and technology, and iii) social, behavioural and earth sciences, the authors have described the methodology adopted in the Central Library. The problems faced and the future prospects are also mentioned. Besides opening new vistas for paperless correspondence, the electronic SDl also provides opportunity for the development of the expert database of faculty interest profiles.