1. NACLIN 2010 13 National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking June 15-18, 2010 Jointly Organized by DELNET, New Delhi , BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, Goa Theme: Revitalizing Libraries in a Global Village: High-End Technologies and Resource Management Venue: BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, Goa N A C L I N 2 0 1 0

2. Dr.B.U.Kannappanavar Dept.of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Shankaraghatta – 577 451 E-mail:kannappanavar@gmail.com Mr.Ravi.K.B Librarian, Ramaiah Institute Management Studies(RIMS), MSR Nagar,MSRIT Post, Bangalore – 560 054 E-mail:ravikb78@gmail.com APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOME SELECTED SPECIAL LIBRARIES IN BANGALORE(KARNATAKA ) BY

15. The problem taken for the study is “ APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOME SELECTED SPECIAL LIBRARIES IN BANGALORE(KARNATAKA ) ”.

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38. Table -1 : Types of Institution / Organisation Sl.No Organisation N=25 Percentage ( % ) 1 State Government 06 24 2 Central Government 06 24 3 Semi Government 01 04 4 Autonomous(Central Government ) 01 04 5 Autonomous(State Government ) 01 04 6 Public Sector 01 04 7 Private Sector 09 36 8 Others(Pl.Specify)

39. Table - 2: Use of Network Operating System Sl.No Network Operating System N=25 Percentage ( % ) 1 Linux 06 24 2 Unix 01 04 3 Windows NT 02 08 4 Novel Netware 01 04 5 Windows 98/2000/XP 15 60

40. Table -3 : Use of Library Management Software Sl.No Library Automation Software N=25 Percentage ( % ) 1 CDS/ISIS 2 Libsys 05 20 3 Alice for Windows 02 08 4 SLIM++ 5 WINISIS 6 Winsoft 7 WinLis 02 08 8 Libsoft 9 Limsoft 02 08 10 Easylib 01 04 11 E-Grantalaya 02 08 12 Libsuit ASP+ 13 Chronicles 2001 01 04 14 Soul 02 08 15 Inhouse Prepared 08 32 16 Etc(Pl.Specify ) 05 20

41. Table -4 : Use of Internet for various Library Operations and Services Sl.No Library Operations and Services N=25 Percentage ( % ) 1 Acquisition 25 100 2 Cataloguing 23 92 3 Classification 23 92 4 Bibliographic Databases 22 88 5 SDI 22 88 6 CAS 22 88 7 Etc(Pl.Specify )

42. Table -5 : Year of Automation Sl.No Year N=25 Percentage ( % ) 1 Before 1990 2 1990- 1999 06 24 3 2000 -- 2010 19 76

43. Table - 6 : Areas of Automation Sl.No Areas of automation N=25 Percentage ( % ) 1 Acquisition 25 100 2 Cataloguing 24 96 3 Circulation 24 96 4 Serial Control 24 96 5 OPAC 24 96

44. Contd.. Table -7 : Use of ICT-based Resources and Services Sl.No Information handling tools/utilities/devices N=25 Percentage ( % ) 1 Floppy 05 20 2 Magnetic tape 05 20 3 CD-ROM 15 60 4 CD-ROM 10 40 5 VCD 05 20 6 Printer 17 68 7 Scanner 12 48 8 Smart card 02 08 9 Laptop computer 13 52 10 CD-Net Server 05 20 11 CD-Tower 12 Bibliographic databases 10 40 13 Full-text databases 10 40 14 E-Book 12 48

45. 15 Telephone 16 64 16 Fax 12 48 17 E-mail 16 64 18 WWW 15 60 19 Ftp 05 20 20 Telnet 02 08 21 Listserve 02 08 22 Usenet/Newsgroup 05 20 23 E-Journals 15 60 24 Library’s website – 10 40 25 OPAC 21 05 20 26 Web OPAC 10 40

46. Table - 8 : Reasons for Librarians dissatisfaction with the application of ICT Sl.No Reasons for dissatisfaction N=25 Percentage ( % ) 1 Inadequate ICT infrastructure 05 20 2 Limited computer literacy among library users 08 32 3 Users are not trained for ICT-based information services 08 32 4 Inadequately trained library professionals in ICT application 04 16 5 Inadequate publicity for the ICT-based resources and services 18 72 6 Rigid ICT use policies implemented by the library 08 32 7 Discouraging attitude of library professionals towards their users 09 36 8 Etc(Pl.Specify)

47. Table - 9 : Librarians suggestion with regard to areas of training Sl. No Key category of suggestions N=25 Percentage ( % ) 1 Database searching (CD-ROM and full-text databases) 15 60 2 Internet-based information resources and services 23 92 3 Information retrieval and dissemination 22 88 4 Information retrieval and dissemination 18 72 5 Data mining from digital library 18 72 6 Etc(Pl.Specify)