HOW TECHNOLOGY EMPOWER THE LIS SERVICES IS DISCUSSED

1. TECHNOLOGY TREND& ICT
EMPOWER LIS SERVICES
BY
Dr. NINGAPPA. N. ARABAGONDA.
SENIOR SCALE LIBRARIAN
GOVT FIRST GRADE COLLEGE
BYADAGI-581106
AND
Sri. M.M.MULIMANI
LIBRARIAN,
GOVT FIRST GRADE COLLEGE ,
GADAG-582106
SrI.M.B.KOTUR
LIBRARIAN
GOVT FIRST GRADE COLLEGE,
SOUNDATTI-581126
MISS. REKHA.KOHALE
SENIOR LIBRARIAN
S.D.MAHILA P.G.COLLEGE,
NARWANA-126116

2. INTRODUCTION
 DEVELOPMENT IN ICT MADE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT ON ALL SPHERES OF HUMAN LIFE
 SUCH AS BANKING
 HEALTH
 TRANSPORATION
 EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
 ICT IN SERVICES CAN BE BROADLY
EXPLAINED IN TERMS OF 4 Es
ECONOMY, EASE ,EXTENSION (or
EXPANSION) AND EFFICIENCY.

3. ICT AND LIBRARIES
 ICT’s HAS TREMENDOUSLY CHANGED THE
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES
 HOUSE KEEPING ACTIVITIES
 DELIVARY OF INFORMATION SERVICES
 ICT PROVIDE USERS TO USE
LIBRARY”24X7” AND AVAIL MANY SERVICES
WITHOUT ANY HUMAN INTERVENTION

4. MY PRESENTATION GROUPED THE ICT EMPOWER
SERVIES IN TO TWO CATEGORIES
 ICT EMPOWER CONVENTIONAL LIS
THAN CAN BE DELIVERED MORE
EFFICIENTLY THROUGH USE OF ICT
 NEW SERVICES,WHICH HAVE BEEN
MADE POSSIBLE DUE TO
DEVELOPMENT IN ICT

5. TECHNOLOGY TREND & ICT
EMPOWER CONVENTIONAL LIS
 ONLINE PUBLIC ACESS CATALOGUE AND USER
SERVICES.
 OPAC PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE CATALOGUE
THROUGH COMPUTER TERMINAL
 SEARCHING ENTIRE CATLOGUE ONLINE
CONVIENTLY AND QUICKLY
 OPAC OFFERS ACCESSIBLITY FROM REMOTE
COMPUTER USING LAN AND WAN WITH MODERN
INTERFACE TO OPAC, IT ALSO POSSIBLE TO
PROVIDE ACCESS FROM ANY WHERE IN THE
WORLD VIA INTERNET. AN INTERNET EMPOWER
OPAC IS CALLED “WEB OPAC”

6. INFORMATION SERVICES
 IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT DEVELOPMENT IN ICT HAVE
BROUGHT ABOUT IN INFORMATION SERVICES;
 CHANGES IN FORMATS, CONTENT AND METHODS OF
PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY OF INFORMATION
PRODUCT (IP) & NEW BUSINESS MODEL FOR USE OF IP.
THIS REQUIRES PROCEDURAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL
CHANGES & COST IMPLICATIONS IN LIBRARIES.
 EMERGENCE OF INTERNET AS THE LARGEST
REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
 SIGNIFICANT TRANSFORMATION OF SOME OF THE
CONVENTIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES SUCH AS
NEWS PAPER CLIPPINGS, CONTENT PAGES, COMPANY
INFORMATION.

7.  USE OF NEW TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES FOR
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION etc.
 TRANSFORMATION OF ROLE LIS PROFESSIONAL AS
THE SUBJECT SPECIALIST AND END-USER GETS
DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE INFORMATION WORK
AND CONSEQUENT NEED FOR NEW SKILLS.
 SHIFT FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL SERVICES
THAT OFFER CONVIENCE OF TIME AND LOCATION
FOR ACCESS TO SERVICES.
 USE OF ELECTRONIC REFERENCE TOOL IS ALSO
VERY CONVENIENT AND FAST

8. HOW LIS IN ICT ENVIRONMENT
 REFERENCE SERVICE-
IN- E-MAIL,SUBJECT GATEWAYES, CHAT
ROOMS,VIRTUAL REFERENCE DESK, &
“ASK-ME” ARE REPLACE CONVENTIONAL
MEANS POST, PHONE OR IN PERSON
REFERENCE ENQUIRES
 BIBLIOGRAPHIC SERVICE-
DATA BASES IN ELECTRONIC FORM CD
ROM OR ONLINE eg. Dialog, STN &SIVER
PLATER POPULAR DATA BASE COMPANIES
THAT OFFER BIBLIOGRAPHIC &
REFERENCE DATA ON CD ROM, ONLINE
PLATFORM.

9.  CAS - DISSEMINATED ONLINE (INTERNET,
INTRANET) & OFFLINE (PRINT&CD ROM) CURRENT
INFORMATION VIA E MAIL-List Serv, Weblog,
Webzines &E news letters.
 DOCUMENT DEIVERY
ICT MADE THE DDS VERY SIMPLE&RELIABLE eg.
INFLIBNET,DELNET-UNION CATOLOGUES, BLDSC
FOR REGESTRED MEMBERS
 INTER LIBRARY LOANS &UNION CATLOGUES- WEB
OPAC- WEB BASED UNION CATLOGUE. eg. RED
LIGHT GREEN (http//www.redlightgreen.com/
WORLD LARGEST WEB OPAC IT CONTAIN 130
MILION RECORDS FROM 160 MEMBERS (RLG)IN
USA, INFLIBNET/DELNET-PROVIDES BOOKS &
SERIALS.

10. ICT BASED NEW SERVICES
 PROVIDING ACCESS TO INTERNET
AND INTER BASED SERVICE.
 PROVIDING ACCESS TO WEB BASED
SERVICES
 PROVIDING ACCESS LOCAL OR
INTERNAL INFORMATION
RESOURCES IN DIGITAL FORM.

11. INTERNET ACCESS
 LARGEST REPOSITERY OF
INFORMATION.
 PERSONAL ACCESS- EMAIL.
 LARGE GROUP ACCESS- INTERNET
FACILITY IN THE LIBRARY.

12. ACCESS TO WEB BASED
RESOURCES
 DIGITAL FORM- JOURNALS, BOOKS,
PATENTS,NEWS PAPERS, STANDARDS etc.TO
DISSEMINATE &SHARING OF INFORMATION
 E-JOURNALS-(DOAJ, UGC-Info-Net, INDEST etc.
 E-BOOKS- www.amazon.com.
www.ABEBOOKS.com
www.QUSIA com..
 ELECTRONIC THESIS &DISSERTATION-www.umi.com.
/Networked Digital Library of Dissertation &Thesis
(NTLTD) - UNION CATOLOGUES of ETDs Submitted
over 100 libraries throughout the world.

13. COURSE MATERIALS
 ICT PROVIDES OPEN LEARNERS &
TEACHERS BY COURSEWARE SITES
THOUGH SUBJECT GATEWAYS.eg.
http://www.careo.org/
http://www.merit.org/
http:www.thegateway.org/- education
material etc.

14. DIGITAL LIBRARY & ARCHIVES
 LIBRARIES ARE DEVELOPING
DIGITAL REPOSITORIES OF SUCH
RESOURCES AND PROVIDING
INTERNET ACCESS TO THESE
 DL- ARE NATURAL PROGRESSION
FROM ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT
SHARING
 DL-PROVIDE INFORMATION SERVICE
BY “24X7”

15. CONCLUSION
 THROUGH ICT CONVENTIONAL LIS SERVICES CAN
BE PROVIDED MORE EFFICIENTLY AND
EFFECTIVELY.
 AS THEY OFFER CONVENIENCE OF TIME & PLACE,
COST EFFECTIVENESS, FASTER & MOST UP TO
DATE DISSEMINATION & END USER INVOLEVEMENT
IN THE LIS PROCESSES.
 SHIFT FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL SERVICE
ENIRONMENT.
 ELECTRONIC RESOURCES PROVIDE 24 HOURS ANY
WHERE FLEXIBLITY & CONVENIENCE OF USE BY
MULTIPLE USERS & FULL TEXT SEARCHES AND
FASTER DELIVERY.

16. THANK YOU