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Information Management in Digital Environment

 
R. Raman Nair (Editor) K. J. John (Editor) N. Sreekumar (Editor)
Synopsis

Library and information systems are knowledge sources, which determine the quality and relevance of the development activities of the community they serve. The role of the library professional is to organize knowledge collections and facilitate access to text, sound and images from a wide variety of sources, often in the context of one-stop-shopping scenario. In the present networked society, the access is to be organized by using different methods. Information available in-house and elsewhere is to be pooled manually and digitally to provide context-based services. Computer and Communications technologies have enormous potential for managing information and making it retrievable and accessible in time.

The present volume papers and proceedings of a national conference of the above area, organized by TIST libraries, which achieved a confluence of participants from engineering and information science fields. It covers a wide variety of topics and perspectives, including library automation in contemporary Open Source environment, Software for library automation and developing digital libraries, Bridging the gap between the recorded knowledge and the living knowledge, innovative library management using Holographic Protection Technology, techniques of literature search for relevance and efficiency in research, consortium for e-journals, Wireless Intrusion Detection Mechanisms, and achieveing the objectives of the public library movement using ICT. The collection represent main issues associated with Library and Information services in digital era. The volume can serve as a guide to academic administrators, librarians and information system managers.

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About the author

R. Raman Nair

Prof. R. Raman Nair, an information technology expert, has designed the Multimedia Library Automation System (McLAS 1993) in India and the KAU Library and Information System with building LANs, digital library and IT training facilities considered to be the best in the country. He has 14 books including People’s Library Movement, Computer Application to Library and Information Services, and Internet for Library and Information Services, as well as 120 research papers and articles and many national and international conference presentations to h is credit. He has organized various national level seminars including the National Seminar on Right to Information and national level IT courses and training programmes under various organizations which include Managing Digital Libraries in Agriculture (ICAR). Modern Information Access Facilities (NISSAT) and Worldwide Web for Managing Agricultural Information (CAGI). Prof. Nair has associated with many expert committees on IT formed by professional organizations, universities and government. He is a research fellow of American Biographical Institute and is the founder member of Rural Development Forestry Network (ODI, London), Asian Watershed Management Network (Kathmandu, Nepal), ILA, IASLIC and AGLIS. In library and information services, he has been presented the IASLIC S.M. Ganguly National Award for the year 1998.

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Bibliographic information

Title Information Management in Digital Environment
Format Hardcover
Date published: 13.04.2018
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8193431197, 9788193431191
length xxvi+284p., Ills; 23cm.