The Concept of Citation
Concept of Citation: Citation is a list in alphabetical order in an end section, which is regularly called “end-text citations” “references,” “reference list”, or “works cited”. A reference is derived...
View ArticleOpen Access: An overview
Introduction: In recent years, open access (OA) becoming an important subject matter for researchers, academics, librarians, university administrators, funding agencies, government officials,...
View ArticleCorporate Digital Library
Corporate Digital Library Knowledge is every organization’s largest asset, yet it can be an overlooked and underutilized resource if not managed effectively and efficiently. Successful...
View ArticleLibrary Effectiveness
1. Introduction: Research, for any country, play not just a key role in the development of science and technology, but also depicts the socio economic and cultural progress made. The progress so far...
View ArticleTotal Quality Management (TQM)
Introduction: Total Quality Management (TQM) is a concept created by W. Edwards Deming. It was originally introduced in Japan after World War II to assist the Japanese in re-building their economy. The...
View ArticleIntellectual Property Rights (IPR)
1.1 Introduction: Introduction Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are awarded by the society to individuals or organizations principally over creative works used in commerce and are governed by the...
View ArticleText Analysis and Mining
1.1 Text Analysis and Mining: Text Mining is the process of deriving high quality information from data in the form of text written in natural languages. It is also referred to as text engineering,...
View ArticleUser Centric Libraries
The focus of S. R. Ranganathan’s first three laws of library science on the user tell that the libraries are for the user. Let us also look at some of the more specific guiding principles derived from...
View ArticleInformation Acquiring and Sharing
Kevin Rioux (2004) Information acquiring and sharing refers to a set of combined behaviours and processes in which an individual. ❖ Cognitively stores representations of other people’s information...
View ArticleLibrary Consortia: Meaning, Definition and Growth
Introduction: Information is considered as a vital resource for communication or dissemination of knowledge of one individual to another from the very early stage of human civilization. It is the basis...
View ArticleMarketing of Information Products and Services of the University Libraries
1. Introduction: Libraries are facing serious competition from commercial information services providers which essentially use the resources available from libraries and analyze and repackage the same...
View ArticleLibrary Classification
Library Classification: The word classification is derived from the Latin word “classes” which, is a process of grouping. It involves putting together like entities and separating unlike entities and...
View ArticlePublic Library: Functions and Objectives
Public Library: Public Library is defined as a library which is accessible to the public and generally funded from public source and may be operated by civil servant (Anil Kumar Dhiman and Yasoda Rani,...
View ArticleRole of Library on Women Empowerment
Library and Women: Public library may be transformed as a community centre with all types of services the society demands. Since these are the centre where the public can have easy access the...
View ArticleResource Sharing in Library Collection Development
Resource sharing is an important concept of library collection development. It has played an important role in the formation of consortia in library management. It has replaced the earlier traditional...
View ArticleBrief information about library consortia
The word ‘Consortia’ was originated from the Latin word in early 19t1 century in the sense of partnership. Oxford advanced learners dictionary describes Consortia as “a group of people, countries,...
View ArticleLibrary Collection Development in Digital World
Library Collection Development in Digital World Libraries are the storehouses of wisdom and ages which are kept in the form of recorded information or data which can be used by the present and the...
View ArticleInformation Technology and Library
The application of information technology in library and Information centers has developed in the western countries since the 1940’s. In the 1960’s the use of information technology has been started in...
View ArticleLibrary Collections/Materials
Introduction: Preserving knowledge in a documentary form is the primary purpose of the libraries. The University libraries satisfy the ever increasing needs of students, research scholars and faculties...
View ArticleSelection Process of Library Resources
To fulfill the intellectual needs of the users, education acts as the active instrument of a library. It should possess available recent resources as well as latest reference & bibliographical...
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