Internet Manual for LibrariansIf you watch TV, listen to the radio, or read a newspaper, you’ve probably encountered an advertisement that includes the unmistakable “http://” of a Web address. At work or after hours, you’ve very likely heard people exchanging tales of their Internet adventures or been offered a business card which includes an electronic mail address. The Internet has rapidly become the province not just of programmers and scientists but of educators, businesspeople, students, hobbyists, government officials, and many other “netizens” worldwide. Managing electronic library services: current issues in UK higher education institutionsManaging the development and delivery of electronic library services is one of the major current challenges for university library and information services. This article provides a brief overview of some of the key issues facing information professionals working in higher education institutions (HEIs). In doing so, it also picks up some of the real-world lessons which have emerged from the eLib (Electronic Libraries) programme now that it has come to a close. e-Business No Longer An Either-Or Technology DecisionMany thought it was archaic and dying, but after almost three decades years of existence, one of the most widely deployed standards for conducing e-Business transactions is as strong as ever, and even continuing to grow. At the same time, newer standards are evolving and competing for ubiquity in an ever-changing technology market. Tips for Wanna-be LibrariansFew years back, a reputed librarian shared her from the exhibit halls at the ACRL ( Association of College and Research Libraries) Conference in Denver. At these time these tips seem invaluable, practiced and proved. Though changed in nature over the time. She shared- a modern perspective (for that era), highly selective, completely subjective list of what’s new and what’s cool in library technology – in quite informal fashion culled from her visits to the exhibit hall at the ALA Annual Conference in Atlanta. Impact Of Digital Technology on Information ManagenentEffect Of Information Digitization On Language Terminal Server Powered Workstaions For LibrariesMaybe Social Perspectives of Martial Arts and Trainees Safety“It pays a bad teacher if there is still a student.” (Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra, 1885) This quote refers to the possibility of making a choice, that of self-realization for those who have the tools and social environment to gain control of their emancipation. This does not mean at all that some people are excluded, but they should be aware of what holds them to grow and evolve. Some Tips To Manage A Small LibrarySuppose you work at a company that sells educational materials and do most of your business through catalog. Your company’s business is running smoothly finance-wise and company has a library. Office environment is rather informal. There is no formal cataloging in place, people just sign things out from a clipboard. You have done a lot to turn the library around- you Gap Between Technical and Public Services LibrariansTechnical & Public service librarians are divided by imaginary line which indicates their professional polarization in the field of library science. The two groups are often seen as being mutually exclusive, in part due to prominent characteristics regarding personality differences. Information & Knowledge Management: Organizational PerspectiveThe Revolution that occurred in the field of information science during the decade of the 90s, due to integration with the Process of Management Sciences, Information Technologies and Communication- led the transformation of concepts, methods and means, to fulfill broader functions of the institutions of Regarding information its organizational and social environment. Many terms belonging to the respective thesauri science and technologies that were integrated, entered a conceptual integration and |
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