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Vision of Future Library & Information Systems
KSh 1,395.00Information Technology (IT) is all pervading, being used in various sectors of human activity. Libraries and information centers are no exception to this phenomenon. Many of these institutions are very active in using current information technologies to provide speedy and efficient services. This has led to the establishment of digital libraries, virtual libraries, web-based information services and so on. The future libraries will be fantastic in their services to the users in terms of exhaustiveness and speed of access to collosal amounts of information. This book provides glimpses of such future scenario.
The book is a fest schrift brought out in honour of Dr. S. S. Murthy who was the Director of Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) during October 1979 to November 1999 and has significantly contributed to its growth as a modern Information Centre at national level. He has been an ardent promoter of IT in libraries and information centres and is one of the distinguished LIS professionals in the country.
About the Author
T. Ashok Babu is a scientist at Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad. He has contributed and presented a number of papers at national level conferences on Library and Information Science and Technology.L. S. Ramaiah is a former Librarian of the Ramesh Mohan Library of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL, a deemed university). He is a recipient of “Dr. Gangadhara Rao Award” from P. S. Telugu University for his contributions to the field of Library Science and the “Best Librarian Award” from Indian Association of special libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC).
S. C. Saxena is a scientist at DESIDOC. He has been working in the areas of computerization, software development and database development and contributed more than 50 papers in national and international journals/conferences.
D. S. Bedi, an Msc, BLISc, and MBA, is working as a Joint Director in the Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) of the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Delhi. All along his career of 16 years, he has worked in the field of technical communication.
Table of Contents
Dr. S.S. Murthy-A Builder of Information Centres and Libraries
Section I Informaiton Technology: Future Perspectives
Section II Web-based Information Technologies and Services
Section III Digital and Networked Libraries
Section IV Application of Information Technology: Problems & Prospects -
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