Digital Information Literacy
Digital Information Literacy Introduction: Society has been transformed by the rapid development by the diffusion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the fields such as Education,...
View ArticlePreservation and Conservation of Library Materials
1.1 Introduction: The present world is fast changing from the industrial world to the information world. It requires speedy, accurate, ready and reliable information. A large amount of information is...
View ArticleDigitization and digital preservation
What is Digitization? Witten and David (2003) defined digitization as the process of taking traditional library materials, that are in the form of books and papers and converting them to the electronic...
View ArticleOntology: meaning and definition
1.1 Introduction: An ontology is a conceptual representation of a worldview and this world view is highly contextual. The scope of the world could be limited or expansive. Also, it could be a real...
View ArticleLibrary Services for Disabled Persons
Definition of Disability: Disability means ‘incapacity to perform any activities in the usual or within the range considered normal for a human being’. A disability (or lack of a given ability, as the...
View ArticleImpact of ICT in Education
Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in Education Technological resources that are available for teaching and learning include computer hardware and software in addition to CD-ROM and...
View ArticleE-Learning
1. 1 Introduction: E-learning may be defined as ‘the instruction delivered via a computer that is intended to promote learning’. E-learning is commonly referred to as the international use of networked...
View ArticleMultimedia: It’s Components and Applications
The word multimedia is derived from the terms, multi and media. Multi means many. Media refers to any hardware or software used for communication. Multimedia is the field concerned with the...
View ArticleBlog and it’s role in e-learning
Blog: A Blog (weblog) is the type of website or part of the website in which items can be posted and displayed with the newest at the top. Like other media, blogs often focus on a particular subject,...
View ArticleEDUBLOG
EduBlog and it’s features The usage of Blogs has become popular in educational institutions including public schools and colleges. Blogs can be important tools for sharing useful information and tips...
View ArticleIndexing language
Juran Sarkhel (2017). (Professor of Library & Information Science, University of Kalyani, India) 1.1 Introduction: Indexing language (IL) is an artificial language made up of expressions connecting...
View ArticleIndexing Process and Principles
1.0 Introduction: An index is a guide to the items contained in or concepts derived from a collection. Item denotes any book, article, report, abstract review, etc. (textbook, part of a collection,...
View ArticleCataloguing Versus Indexing
There has always been confusion about the distinction between ‘subject cataloguing’ and ‘subject indexing‘. Basically, cataloguing is the process of creating bibliographic description of a document as...
View ArticleSubject Indexing
1. Introduction: All library work is a matter of storage and retrieval of information, and cataloguing and indexing are specially performed to achieve that. Subject cataloguing is intended to embrace...
View ArticleUniversity of Twente (Netherlands) Masters Scholarships for 2020-2021
About the University of Twente: The University of Twente is a public research technical university located in Enschede, the Netherlands. The UT collaborates with Delft University of Technology, the...
View ArticleConceptual Framework of Education
Introduction: Educational Technology has emerged as a new discipline in the field of education. According to Sharma (1982), Educational Technology implies the use of all modern media, methods,...
View ArticleBehavioural disorders: meaning and types
1.1 Introduction: The World Health Organization defines mental health ‘as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life,...
View ArticleLearning Disabilities
Learning disability arises from neurological differences in brain structure and its functions. It affects a person’s ability to receive, store, process, retrieve or communicate information. While the...
View ArticleBasics of Search Engine
1.1. Introduction: World Wide Web (WWW) [1] is a huge source of interlinked documents that forms a very useful information source. The success of WWW is largely due to its decentralized design...
View ArticleCataloguing Access Point
Access Point: Each bibliographic record is given one or more access points through which the record can be retrieved. For a cataloging record, an access point is presented in the form of a heading...
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